The Counterattack of the Villains

"With our friendship, why do we need to be so different? Just call me Fahai."

Golden-winged Dapeng was very happy with Li Mu's attitude and said: "Then you can just call me Dapeng. We haven't gotten together for decades since you were reincarnated and rebuilt, so we must have a good get-together today."

Li Mu said happily: "That's exactly what I meant."

He waved his hand, and a short table appeared out of thin air on the fairy cloud. On the short table were several bottles of nectar and jade liquid, as well as some spiritual fruits picked from Huaguo Mountain.

Li Muke was reluctant to entertain him with flat peaches. For him, flat peaches were resources for cultivation.

Even if he himself is of little use because he ate too much, it can still be used to cultivate his own power, right?

King Dapeng Ming and King Peacock Ming are nominally the Tathagata's uncle and mother-in-law, but in fact they are the Tathagata's protectors, and their identities are just like those around Li Mu.

It's just that they have been practicing in the Tathagata's Buddhist kingdom, and if there is no big event, they rarely come out.

When the Peacock King was born in Wutian, he hid in the Black Lotus of Destruction for self-protection, so now Qiao Ling'er is only protected by the golden-winged roc.

Li Mu set up the table, and the two of them sat down cross-legged in front of the table. They drank together for three times before getting down to business.

"Fahai, why are you here?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "Of course they are here to protect the reincarnated soul boy of the Buddha. You should have seen a few people to the left and right? They are my guardians and novice monks."

The golden-winged Dapeng suddenly realized, and said: "So that's it. I was wondering which Buddha and Bodhisattva arranged this. It turns out that it's your people. So, those people in the village..."

Li Mu nodded and said: "Three of them are my concubines, and the other two are the wives of my lay disciples."

The golden-winged roc said with great admiration: "It seems that your calculation ability is no longer inferior to that of Buddha. I admire you very much."

After saying this, he asked with great curiosity: "Since you came back from reincarnation, your cultivation has been improving by leaps and bounds. Now you are the well-deserved number one among the eight tribes. Is this reincarnation and cultivation really so big?"

the benefits of?"

Li Mu's heart moved, and he said solemnly: "Although the main reason for the rapid improvement in cultivation is the merit of measuring the calamity, the benefits of reincarnation and rebuilding are indeed not small."

"Not only can it wash away all the karma of cause and effect, but it can also clarify one's mind and nature, making oneself more in line with the way of heaven."

"The human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth, and it is favored by the great truth. Dapeng, you eat too many people and have heavy karma. I finally saved some merit, but in the end, it was all used to resolve the karma. It was a waste of blood."

"If you choose to reincarnate and rebuild, even though you have to start from scratch, once all your karma is gone, with your reincarnation's qualifications, it is only a matter of time before you can regain your magic power."

"And if you are reincarnated as a human being, when you return to your position in the future, you will no longer have the thought of cannibalism. This is of great benefit to your practice."

The golden-winged roc nodded thoughtfully, nodded and said: "In that case, after the same calamity has passed, I will find an opportunity to reincarnate and cultivate again, and go to the mortal world for a while."

Li Mu was delighted and Heshi preached: "Amitabha, it is good, it is good."

Yes, Yue Wumu has served his country with loyalty and loyalty.

The two drank for a few more rounds, and Li Mu suddenly asked: "By the way, Dapeng, do you know where my senior brother is now?"

The golden-winged roc shook his head and said: "I don't know where he is, but I know where he will go."

"The soul boy wants to influence the white lotus. There will be a catastrophe of death. The day the soul boy dies is when I go to find Sun Wukong."

Li Mu suddenly realized that he was talking about the Twin Pagoda Temple. Pig Bajie transformed by Sun Wukong and the six-eared macaque would go to the Twin Pagoda Temple sooner or later.

In the original plot, when Sun Wukong arrived at the Twin Pagoda Temple and obtained the relics, the Golden-winged Dapeng took the relics unprepared and led Sun Wukong to the place where Qiao Ling'er's body was.

Qiao Ling'er was rescued by Sun Wukong, which triggered a series of plots that followed.

But now that all the relics are in his hands, except for the burning lamp relic of Sun Wukong, it is obviously no longer necessary to follow the original plot. It is time to close the net and make it clear to Wutian.

Although there are no boneless relics, the vast magical power of the sixteen relics cannot be fully exerted, but if the sixteen relics are gathered together, they can still stimulate some power.

In the original plot, Sun Wukong was beaten up by Wu Tian in various ways in the early stage, but after swallowing sixteen relics, he was able to compete with Wu Tian.

In the end, he transformed into a boneless relic, completely stimulating the magic power of the seventeen relics, and immediately killed Wutian instantly.

Li Mu's magical power is already stronger than that of Sun Wukong, and with the help of sixteen relics, even if it is not enough for him to realize Hunyuan, it is still enough to fight against the odds.

And once Sun Wukong transforms into a boneless relic and is swallowed by Li Mu, he can instantly use the infinite magic power of the seventeen relics to prove the Tao and cultivate the Hunyuan Tao Fruit.

Thinking of this, Li Mu said to the golden-winged Dapeng: "Dapeng, you were alone before and had to rely on the power of my senior brother to act. But now that I am here, our plan can change."

The golden-winged Dapeng nodded and said, "That makes sense, so what do you think we should do?"

Li Mudao: "I will protect the reincarnated soul boy of the Buddha. You should find my senior brother as soon as possible and ask him to come and join us."

"Then we managed to sneak into the underworld and rescue all the suppressed Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, as well as the gods in heaven."

The golden-winged roc frowned and shook his head helplessly: "I'm afraid it's useless. As long as no one among us can deal with Wutian, he will be captured again even if he is rescued."

"Even at that time, there were too many people to even hide, and the enemy's advantage of being in the open and me being in the dark would be lost."

Li Mu smiled and did not answer directly, but asked: "Then based on the information you have Dapeng, how can we have the power to fight against Wutian?"

The golden-winged Dapeng said: "Seventeen ancient Buddha relics, as long as we can gather the seventeen ancient Buddha relics, we will have the power to solve Wutian."

"And the only person who can collect seventeen relics is Sun Wukong, so... uh, this..."

Before the Golden-winged Dapeng finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Li Mu with astonishment. Fifteen relics came out of his mouth and formed a circle in front of him.

Li Mu smiled and said: "These are the fifteen relics I have collected. The relics of the Deng Deng Buddha are in the hands of my senior brother, so now we are only missing one boneless relic."

After saying this, he opened his mouth and took a breath, swallowed the fifteen relics into his belly again, and then said: "Furthermore, Dapeng, your news may be wrong, or you may have misunderstood it."

"It's not that my senior brother is the only one who can collect the seventeen relics, but he is the only one who can find the boneless relic."

Golden-winged Dapeng scratched his head in confusion and said, "Yes...really? Did I understand it wrong?"

Li Mu nodded affirmatively and said: "I misunderstood. The boneless relic is the most important one among the seventeen relics, and it is the foundation of ten thousand Buddhas."

"Without the boneless relics, the power of the sixteen relics cannot be stimulated, and the Buddha cannot return. That's why you think that only my senior brother can collect all seventeen relics."

The golden-winged Dapeng said suddenly: "I see, in the final analysis, we still have to rely on Sun Wukong."

Li Mu nodded and said, "That's true."

The golden-winged roc said: "Okay, I'll leave it to you to take care of me here. I'll go find Sun Wukong in a moment."

Li Mu picked up the bottle and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Dapeng."

Golden-winged Dapeng raised the bottle and touched it with him, saying: "I should do everything, no matter how hard it is."

The two of them raised their heads to drink, but the golden-winged roc didn't notice the smile on Li Mu's lips.

This guy is really simple-minded and easy to fool. With just a few words, everything Tathagata told him before reincarnation was in vain.

To put it bluntly, after he obtains the boneless relics and attains the enlightenment of Hunyuan, whether or not the Tathagata will return depends on his mood and the attitude of the two sages of the West.

…

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. In the cottage, Bai Lianhua opened the prison cell and walked up to Qiao Ling'er, who was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed.

When Qiao Ling'er heard the noise, she just opened her eyes and glanced at her without saying a word.

Bai Lianhua looked at Qiao Ling'er with a half-smile, and said, "Are you hungry?"

Qiao Ling'er pursed her lips and shook her head slightly.

Bai Lianhua said: "It's been two days and two nights. You haven't eaten or drank just to compete with me. Is it worth it?"

Qiao Ling'er didn't respond, and Bai Lianhua felt a surge of anger in her heart, but she held it back and said in a calm tone: "As long as you tell me you are hungry, I will ask someone to bring you something to eat."

Qiao Ling'er hadn't eaten for two days, and Bai Lianhua actually felt distressed, but she couldn't help but feel embarrassed, so she planned to give Qiao Ling'er a step up as well as herself.

Unfortunately, Qiao Ling'er obviously didn't understand her intention. She snorted expressionlessly and said, "Isn't that the same as begging for mercy?"

Bai Lianhua said angrily: "Why are you so stubborn? In order to save me at the Chenghuang Temple Fair, you were willing to be beaten like that by Master Hu."

"But now I just want you to surrender to me. Is it that difficult?"

Qiao Ling'er's expression changed after hearing this, and she said seriously: "I am willing to lose my life to save others."

Bai Lianhua said angrily: "But if you get angry with me, you will also lose your life. Is it worth it?"

Qiao Ling'er solemnly said: "Everything I do now is still to save people."

"Oh? Who to save?"

Qiao Ling'er looked at Bai Lianhua again and said, "Save you."

Bai Lianhua shouted angrily: "That's nonsense. I think you should save yourself first. You are so ungrateful. Even if you kneel down to beg me now, I will never pay attention to you again."

Qiao Ling'er closed her eyes again. Seeing this, Bai Lianhua turned around and left, breathing heavily. She was obviously very angry.

…

Shortly after Bai Lianhua left, the prison was opened again, and Bai Suzhen walked in.

Qiao Ling'er opened her eyes and looked at her, then closed her eyes again and said, "Are you also here to persuade me to surrender to her?"

Bai Suzhen pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly: "No, I just came to tell you something that you don't know."

Qiao Ling'er then opened her eyes again and said, "What don't I know?"

Bai Suzhen smiled and said: "For example, you don't know that she already fell in love with you when you were beaten up by the evil young man of the Hu family in order to save the king."

"She sent someone to invite you because she also wanted to formally make friends with you. It's just a pity that the sisters in the cottage are not sociable and have bad habits. Not only did they fail to invite you, but they also made you disgusted."

"You don't know that the last time we went to Qiaojiazhuang in a grand way, one of our sisters actually joked that we would just take you directly to the mountain and make you an official in the village, but the king took it seriously."

Qiao Ling'er stared at Bai Suzhen dumbfounded, her mouth open for a long time and unable to say a word.

Good guy, are all the female bandits today so cool?

Bai Suzhen said funnyly: "Isn't it incredible?"

Qiao Ling'er sorted out her messy mind, frowned and said, "But what she did doesn't look like it!"

Bai Suzhen sighed and said: "No matter how strong a woman's personality is, she is still thin-skinned, and she is a mountain king, so she cares more about face."

"She is embarrassed to show her love, so she wants you to surrender to her and take the initiative. It's a pity that your stupid head has never been enlightened."

"Mr. Qiao, you have a Buddha's heart. We can all see that you want to influence the king to make her less guilty and become a good person, but you just don't understand a woman's heart."

Qiao Ling'er was silent for a while, then looked at Bai Suzhen again and said, "Girl, you don't look like a bandit at all, why are you in the village?"

Bai Suzhen smiled and said: "I am not a bandit originally. In the words of the world, I belong to the heroine of the rivers and lakes."

"I just heard the rumors about the king and knew that she was not a bad person, so I wanted to guide her to the right path, so I joined her."

"Actually, my purpose is the same as yours. It's just that my plan is to be subtle and guide slowly, but you are a little radical."

Qiao Ling'er solemnly said: "I have to be radical when it comes to people like Bai Lianhua, because the later she turns to good deeds, the more serious her crimes will be."

Bai Suzhen shook her head and said: "I don't agree with the young master's words. Your Majesty only kills villains who have done many evil things. He has never killed innocent people indiscriminately, so how can he kill evildoers?"

"If one more evil person dies, good people will be less oppressed. Punishing evil is to promote good. Even Buddhism has the Angry-Eye King Kong."

Qiao Ling'er said: "Those killed by the Angry-Eye King Kong are all heinous and evil demons who cannot be converted. But for ordinary evil people, Buddhism will eventually take the lead in converting them."

"White Lotus kills all evil people without mercy, but they punish them without instruction. Some people who work as helpers may not necessarily be vicious by nature, but they often can't help themselves."

"Just like the Hu family's servants guarding the courtyard, do they really think they are heinous people?"

Bai Suzhen sighed secretly, Qiao Ling'er was not an ordinary person after all, but the reincarnation of the Buddha, so in his heart, he pursued the Buddhist concept of saving all sentient beings.

As for her Ming Wang, because he once lived in the mortal world, his ideas are actually somewhat incompatible with Buddhism, but she believes that what her Ming Wang does is the justice of nature.

To transform evil people, even if he finally puts down the butcher's knife and abandons evil to do good, will the good people who were killed by him die in vain?

The Tathagata put down his butcher's knife and became a Buddha immediately.

King Ming's good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and those who do evil deeds will be rewarded with evil deeds.

Bai Suzhen stands firmly on the side of her Ming King, because good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil, which is the most fair law of nature.

"Sir, I can't persuade you. You already understand everything. It's your choice how you choose. You can do it yourself!"

Bai Suzhen sighed softly, turned and left.

But after Qiao Ling'er knew Bai Lianhua's feelings for him, she became more determined to influence her.

…

Another ten days passed, and Qiao Ling'er refused to eat. Bai Lianhua became more and more irritable every day, but in fact, she became more and more flustered.

She began to think seriously about what Qiao Ling'er meant by "rescuing her".

Recalling Qiao Ling'er's words and deeds from the first time she met him, Bai Lianhua slowly felt a sense of enlightenment in her heart.

In the prison, Qiao Ling'er was lying in the corner angrily, her face was as pale as paper, and her lips were chapped and bleeding.

Tears fell from Bai Lianhua's cheeks. Qiao Ling'er looked at her weakly and said in a weak voice: "You are crying."

Bai Lianhua said stiffly: "I didn't, it was sand that flew into my eyes."

But her choked voice completely betrayed her. There was a bit of pleading in her eyes, and she said: "If you don't eat, you will starve to death."

Qiao Ling'er seemed to be murmuring: "The life of a human being is in your heart, and I'm afraid it's not as good as that of a piece of grass. Why should you care about my life and death?"

Bai Lianhua finally couldn't help it, picked up a steamed bun and fed it to Qiao Ling'er's mouth, crying: "I know, I will never kill people randomly again, and I don't want you to surrender to me, please eat something quickly.

!You will starve to death if you don’t eat.”

After hearing her words, Qiao Ling'er finally showed a hearty smile and said slowly: "I'm really happy to hear these words."

"If my death can arouse your kindness, then my death is worth it. I saved you and saved more people."

After saying this, he finally swallowed the breath that he had been holding back from swallowing.

With a smile on his face, he closed his eyes, tilted his head and died.

White Lotus turned pale in horror and shouted in panic: "Ling'er, Ling'er, talk, talk, Linger..."

Hearing her panicked voice, the five Bai Suzhen women and several leaders filed in and entered the prison.

But Bai Lianhua stretched out her fingers to explore the side of Qiao Ling'er's neck, and then pulled them back as if she was electrocuted, then hugged Qiao Ling'er and cried bitterly.

"Ling'er, I don't want you to die, Ling'er..."

The girls looked at Bai Lianhua's painful appearance and felt extremely sad. They didn't even know how to comfort her at this time.

After a long time, Bai Lianhua finally stopped crying. She put down Qiao Ling'er, looked at him gently and said, "Ling'er, you are the first person to make me admit defeat. You fool, how can you not eat?"

"You know Ling'er? I like you, really, I really like you."

After speaking, he slowly stood up, turned around with a dull look, suddenly reached out and grabbed the sword in the hand of a leader, pulled the sword out of its sheath with a clang, raised his hand and wiped it towards his neck.

"don't want……"

All the female bandits exclaimed in unison, but Bai Suzhen and the other girls were naturally pretending.

Just when the White Lotus sword was less than two inches away from her neck, a golden light appeared out of thin air, covering her right arm, and the sword in her hand flew out uncontrollably.

The next moment, golden light bloomed in the prison cave. Li Mu sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, with a golden halo behind his head, slowly emerging in the mid-air of the cave.