Chapter 1686: Kill the Bandits and Seize the Painting Wall
Chapter 1686 Kill the bandits and seize the painting wall
Walk, walk, walk.
Because the Huanghuai River flooded and the levees collapsed, the Qilu and Jianghuai areas were filled with refugees.
Su Mingzhe and his party originally walked north, but in order to avoid the refugees, they unknowingly went around to Huizhou in the southwest.
In fact, when refugees block the roads, they can only stop ordinary travelers.
If Su Mingzhe and his party really wanted to find it troublesome, they could just fly over in the clouds and mist, and there was no need to go around such a big circle.
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“Huizhou…what a great place!”
Looking at the two characters "Huizhou" on the city gate, Su Mingzhe suddenly hummed a modern song:
"I didn't cultivate in my previous life. I was born in Huizhou. I was thrown away when I was thirteen or fourteen years old. I didn't cultivate in my previous life. I was born in Huizhou. After I came here, I didn't want to look back..."
When the women heard the man humming a tune, they all covered their mouths and chuckled.
Only Liu Ruyan’s eyes lit up:
"Husband, we have all arrived in Huizhou, how about we stay here for a few days, firstly to avoid the refugees, and secondly to go for a walk on Huangshan Mountain?"
When you return from the Five Mountains, you don’t look at the mountains; when you return from Huangshan, you don’t look at the mountains.
The magnificent scenery of Huangshan Mountain is deeply loved by literati.
Liu Ruyan was a little bit young, so she naturally wanted to take a look at Huangshan to see if it was 'famous but hard to live up to', or if it was 'famous but not worthy'!
"Okay, I was just going to take a look too!"
Su Mingzhe has seen Huangshan countless times in various dimensions.
The Huangshan Mountains in each plane are different.
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Everyone entered the city, rented a small courtyard, and asked the golden boy and beautiful girl to guard the carriage and salute.
Su Mingzhe took Liu Ruyan, his master and servant, and the three sisters of the Bai family on a tour.
Due to more than a month of continuous heavy rain, the stone steps were covered with moss, making the mountain trails slippery and difficult to navigate.
When a few people climbed the mountain, they didn't meet many tourists.
All the way to the top of the mountain, the sun was setting.
Several people were bathed in the golden light, floating like immortals.
"Husband, let's stay here tonight."
Watching the sea of clouds surging, Bai Susu suddenly felt something in her heart, knowing that her chance to break through to the heavenly realm had arrived.
"There are people coming and going here, I'm going to find a secluded place!"
Su Mingzhe unfolded his consciousness and soon found an isolated peak.
Everyone moved to Gufeng, and Bai Susu retreated on her own to break through the realm.
On the second day.
Bai Susu's aura gradually rose.
Su Mingzhe was afraid that she would be disturbed by the outside world, so he simply set up a silent and defensive array.
Seeing that there was nothing to do, the women suggested that they continue playing.
Bai Huahua and Bai Feifei want to protect their eldest sister and don't want to leave too far away.
Su Mingzhe took four women and wandered around Huizhou.
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Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
Everyone has already visited the mountains near Huangshan Mountain.
But Bai Susu's retreat is not over yet.
Huahua and Feifei were afraid that going to other places would be too far away. If something happened to their sister, they would not be able to come back in time, so they were unwilling to continue playing.
Liu Ruyan's master and servant were naturally embarrassed to pester the man to continue playing.
Su Mingzhe didn't care and simply continued walking alone.
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This day.
Su Mingzhe came to Jiuhua Mansion in Jiangzhou for a visit. He was walking on a mountain path when he suddenly heard a cry of "help" coming from behind him.
When I turned around, I saw a big man coming to me with his hands tied, his face full of panic, and he hurriedly called for help:
"Taoist, help me! Taoist, help me!"
"Don't run-"
A young scholar was chasing after him. When he saw Su Mingzhe blocking the way, he was panting and slowing down while holding up a large golden-backed sword, and his whole body was on guard.
The book boy following him carried a lot of luggage on his back. Seeing that Su Mingzhe was wearing a Taoist robe, which was different from the big man's clothes, he knew that he was not traveling with him, so he quickly explained:
"Taoist Priest, don't get me wrong, we are good people, he is a thief!"
After hearing the scholar's explanation, the big man quickly retorted:
"Taoist Priest, the knife is in his hand, and I am the one who is tied up. Who is the thief?"
"Well, that makes sense!"
Su Mingzhe seemed to believe the big man's words, and pulled out the sword from his waist to help him out of trouble.
When the scholar saw this, he immediately became anxious:
"Taoist Master, we are striking first, he is the thief!"
Unfortunately, Su Mingzhe didn't listen to the scholar at all and had already cut off the rope.
As soon as the big man was liberated, he was overjoyed.
He also didn't expect that this Taoist would actually believe him just by explaining it casually.
At this time, when he saw Su Mingzhe's back turned to him, he felt evil thoughts and pounced to grab the sword in Su Mingzhe's hand.
Unexpectedly, Su Mingzhe flipped his palm, raised the sword slightly, and stabbed diagonally upward.
The action of the big man rushing to snatch the sword was like putting his neck to the tip of the sword.
Pfft.
Blood splattered everywhere.
When Su Mingzhe turned around, he saw the big man's eyes widening, and he immediately said in panic:
"Infinite Heavenly Lord!"
"Taoist Priest, this is not your fault. He snatched the sword by himself and died accidentally!"
The scholar was a sensible man, and when he saw that Su Mingzhe had already killed the bandit, he didn't say anything more.
Of course, he might also be afraid that Su Mingzhe would kill someone and silence him, so he took his book boy with him and headed back the way he came, leaving this barren mountain.
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"This scholar should be Zhu Xiaolian, right? He looks quite similar to Brother Chao -"
Su Mingzhe looked at the two figures walking away, then lowered his head and looked at the corpse of the bandit at his feet:
"This person should be Meng Longtan! Then the painting wall should be nearby."
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The top of a solitary mountain.
Su Mingzhe walked slowly and stopped when he saw Lanruo, an ancient temple:
"Is there anyone in there?"
A short, fat old monk in the temple heard the commotion, walked out in a hurry, and when he saw Su Mingzhe in Taoist robes, he immediately clasped his hands together and saluted:
"Amitabha, this poor monk doesn't move, I've seen my fellow Taoist!"
"Infinite Heavenly Lord, I am so polite!"
Su Mingzhe returned the gift with the monk, and the two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
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Jiuhua Mansion is most famous for Jiuhua Mountain.
Jiuhua Mountain was originally one of the 72 blessed places of Taoism. Ge Hong, a Taoist master, once practiced here.
Later Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva came to the Central Plains to preach, occupied Jiuhua Mountain, and built a dojo.
After thousands of years of development, Taoist temples and temples have gathered here.
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We are all smart people. Monk Fu was too lazy to talk nonsense. He took Su Mingzhe to a mural and said bluntly:
"Fellow Taoist, are you also here for the Sumeru Realm?"
"Sumi Realm? I think this is clearly the Floating Realm!"
Su Mingzhe's words were quite offensive.
Sumeru Realm is the Buddhist name for the Small Thousand Worlds.
The floating world is the Taoist name for the small world.
Monk Fudo did not call the painting wall the Small Thousand Worlds, but the Sumeru Realm, which means "first come, first served". He came earlier than Su Mingzhe, so Su Mingzhe should stop making trouble.
Su Mingzhe emphasized that this was the "floating world", and was mocking the monk because he was not strong enough to refine the Small Thousand Planes, so why not let him try it.
When Monk Fudo saw that Su Mingzhe was trying to rob the painting wall, he felt dissatisfied and wanted to take action.
However, he had been seriously injured while refining the wall painting, and now he was unable to compete with Su Mingzhe.
In desperation, Monk Fudo retreated to the next best option, laughed, and said again:
"Fellow Taoist, whether it's the Sumeru Realm or the floating world, it's just a name. In fact, this is just an ordinary secret realm. If you like it, you can just take it. The poor monk only wants to take one thing!"
Su Mingzhe stopped as soon as he saw it was good, and immediately smiled and said:
"Master, if you want to take whatever you want, just do it yourself!"