King of the Sea

Chapter 245: King of the Sea

Qin Mu, Master Ma and the blind man all nodded. Although Granny Si was beautiful, she would not use her beauty as a weapon. On the contrary, she knew that her beauty was too lethal, so she would take the initiative to cover it up and pretend to be ugly when meeting others.

However, Master Li is different.

The former leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult had a twisted mentality. He loved Granny Si so much and envied Granny Si so much that he wanted to become Granny Si. In addition, his understanding of the Dayu Heavenly Demon Sutra was different from Qin Mu's. Although Qin Mu also obtained the Dayu Heavenly Demon Sutra and the scriptures passed down from the woodcutter's stone, and understood the great unified technique, he was influenced by the people in the village since he was a child, and although his behavior was a little eccentric, he stood upright and walked uprightly.

Qin Mu's unified martial arts method, based on the Three Dan Gong of Tyrant Body, is very orthodox. It also contains many magical skills that others consider to be demonic, but when Qin Mu displays them, they appear to be upright.

However, Master Li's unified martial arts method is quite evil, with a strong sense of demonic influence.

The great leader Li would never allow himself to be wronged or to make himself look ugly in front of others. On the contrary, he would show off his beauty and bring disaster to the people.

As the saying goes, one smile can conquer a city, another smile can conquer a country. Leader Li doesn't care at all.

Qin Mu went to Granny Si's room to clean up, took out the various animal skins that Granny Si collected, and put them in the Taotie bag for emergency use.

Master Ma and the blind man also packed their belongings. The blind man's outfit was simple, with a bamboo stick, a fortune-telling banner and a copper Bagua hanging on it. Master Ma collected the spirit tablets of his wife and children, kissed them, and put them in his bag.

He was dressed in a dark blue robe, like a wandering monk who had experienced great suffering.

Granny Si's Taoism is still somewhat unstable and she often changes her mind. Master Ma can help her to calm down the great leader Li, while the blind man will injure the great leader Li in case Master Ma fails to calm him down, so that Qin Mu can treat him.

As they walked out of the village, Granny Si said self-deprecatingly, "Now I need your protection. Even Mu'er wants to protect me. But I am the former saint of the Demon Cult, and Old Tathagata is the Buddha. Will he help me?"

Ma Ye's face was emotionless as he said, "Old Tathagata will help you. Sect Leader Li was the previous Sect Leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and he is of the same generation as Old Tathagata. Old Tathagata considers it a merit to subdue demons, and subduing Sect Leader Li, a great demon, will help him improve his cultivation. Besides, it is common for Buddhas to sacrifice their bodies to feed demons."

Qin Mu said worriedly, "I'm afraid that after they subdue Master Li, they will also subdue my mother-in-law."

"Old Tathagata would not do that."

Master Ma shook his head and said, "He has his own principles. His principles are his way, his rules. With his level of cultivation, he doesn't need to think about the rules. His words and actions do not exceed the rules, and that is the rule."

Qin Mu couldn't help but feel a little curious. Master Ma and Old Tathagata had a deep hatred for each other, but from Master Ma's words and deeds, it seemed that he still admired and respected Old Tathagata very much.

It's not just as simple as the fact that Old Tathagata was once Ma Ye's master. There must be something about Old Tathagata that is worthy of respect.

"What I doubt now is the ability of the old Tathagata."

The blind man looked up and said, "Does the old Tathagata have the strength to subdue the great leader Li? The great leader Li is on par with him."

Everyone stopped talking.

There are three holy places in the world, Taoism, the Great Leiyin Temple, and the Heavenly Demon Sect. As the former leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Master Li is also a top figure in the world and can be ranked alongside the old Tathagata.

Even if Old Tathagata wants to refine him, it would probably be very difficult.

"The Great Leiyin Temple is located on the border between Daxu and Yankang Kingdom."

Master Ma said, "It is said that the Shenduan Mountains were cut by the gods, creating a natural chasm that separates Daxu and Yankang. There is a legend in the Great Leiyin Temple that when the gods cut through Mount Xumi, the monks on the mountain sat upright, filling the top of the mountain, and vowed to live and die with Mount Xumi. The gods were grateful for the monks' sincerity, so they bypassed Mount Xumi. All other mountains were cut in half, and only Mount Xumi was preserved."

The blind man laughed and said, "I think there must be someone on Mount Xumi, otherwise the gods would not bother to care about the lives of the monks on the mountain."

Mount Xumi is located at the junction of Daxu and Yankang, with Yankang on one side and Daxu on the other. This sacred mountain is far away from Yanbian and Mishui, but not far from Qingmen Pass in the northern border, only four or five thousand miles away.

It is less than 30,000 miles from Canlao Village to Mount Xumi. Qin Mu's pace is slower than Granny Sima, Ma Ye and others, and it takes six or seven days to walk there.

The night in Daxu is too dangerous, so we can only travel during the day, which will take some extra time.

If they flew there, it would only take two days. However, Qin Mu's cultivation was not very high. If he ran at full speed in the air, he would have to stop to rest and recover his strength after running more than a hundred miles. Therefore, it would be better to walk.

Qin Mu brought Long Qilin out for transportation. Long Qilin could barely keep up with Ma Ye and the others' pace and would not be slowed down by him.

In the evening, they came to an ancient temple. It was deserted and there were only a few strange beasts in the temple. When they saw them coming, they ignored them and lay lazily beside the statue of the Heavenly King.

"Mu'er, come and worship." The blind man took out a few incense sticks and waved to Qin Mu.

The old man and the young man hurried to the statue of the Heavenly King, inserted the incense sticks into the worn-out incense burner, stepped back three steps, and prayed in unison: "I am an old disabled villager who lives by the river. I passed by the temple and asked to rest here. I disturbed the owner of this place and feel uneasy. I have been weak in the kidneys since I was young, and I have premature ejaculation..."

"Pooh!"

Granny Si said angrily, "Blind man, you have corrupted Mu'er!"

The blind man smiled and said, "Old Lady Si, you are not afraid of being picked, but we are. If you don't believe me, ask Mu'er if the blessing I taught him is useful."

Qin Mu nodded repeatedly: "It worked! Xian Qinger heard the blessing and didn't pick me."

Granny Si didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She called Qin Mu and said, "Come and help me cook." Qin Mu came over. Granny Si whispered, "The blind man is full of bad ideas. Don't always follow him."

As night fell, the Temple of Heavenly Kings became very quiet. No sound could be heard around except for Long Qilin's snoring.

Master Ma sat upright like a Buddha, the blind man sat in the corner with his head down and slept with a bamboo stick, Qin Mu used some dry grass to make two beds, and Granny Si slept next to him.

It's late at night and everyone is asleep.

At this moment, suddenly there was the sound of gongs and drums outside the Tianwang Temple. Everyone in the temple immediately woke up. Qin Mu sat up and looked around, but saw that it was a silent night with only the candles in the temple still emitting a faint light. However, the sound of gongs and drums outside the temple was so clear and was getting closer.

The blind man and Ma Ye hurried to Qin Mu and Granny Si, and Ma Ye made a gesture to silence them.

The sound of gongs and drums was getting closer and closer, and gradually came to the front of the temple. Several deep voices said, "Silence!"

"avoid!"

Several stone statues of gods wearing tattered armor walked in from outside the temple. The stone statues under the armor were tattered, but they looked like living gods. Qin Mu also smelled a pungent stench.

These stone statues were very majestic, with hundreds of skeletons of soldiers following behind them, holding tattered remnants of weapons, in neat rows. Some of the skeletons held gongs and drums, and some carried signs that said "Silence" and "Avoid".

Several stone statues walked into the temple, while the skeletons remained outside the temple.

Qin Mu stared at the absurd scene in front of him with wide eyes in horror. Long Qilin also woke up and yawned with his mouth wide open.

A human voice came out of the mouth of one of the stone statues, saying to the statue of the Heavenly King in the Heavenly King Temple: "Report to the Heavenly King Zhenhai, the Dragon King Ao Zhen of the East China Sea took advantage of the natural disaster to rebel. Your Majesty has sent a message from Wuyou Township, ordering us to come and help the Heavenly King Zhenhai to kill him!"

Long Qilin was originally lying under the statue of the Heavenly King and sleeping. At this moment he was in a daze, not knowing what had happened.

Suddenly, the tall and sturdy statue of the Heavenly King beside the Qilin moved. The eight flags behind the statue swayed, and the stone statue trembled. Then it stood up, looking extremely sturdy and majestic, and shouted: "After 20,000 years of disaster, this guy still dares to rebel! Take my knife!"

From behind the Temple of Heavenly King there was the clanging sound of a sharp blade being unsheathed. A Green Dragon Crescent Blade, more than ten feet long, broke out of the ground from behind the temple, whistling and flying towards them. With a clang, it was caught in the hand of the Heavenly King statue, and the blade vibrated buzzingly.

"Where is my horse?" the statue of the king of heaven shouted.

Long Qilin finally came to his senses, and suddenly his body sank. The statue of the Heavenly King rode on his back and he flew up involuntarily, flying out of the temple.

Long Qilin was horrified, and heard the voice of the Heavenly King statue on his back roaring: "You stay here, I will kill him and then return!"

After saying this, the Dragon Qilin involuntarily turned into a beam of fire, carrying the statue of the Heavenly King and disappeared into the darkness.

Rather than saying that he was carrying the statue, it would be more accurate to say that the statue of the Heavenly King was carrying him flying. He simply could not carry the statue of the Heavenly King on his back.

In the temple, Qin Mu, Granny Si, the blind man and others were dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.

Several people looked at each other in confusion. They didn't know how much time had passed. When they thought it was almost dawn, they suddenly heard a dragon's roar, followed by a loud bang. A dragon head suddenly fell from the dark night sky and rolled twice in the courtyard of the Tianwang Temple.

Qin Mu looked over quickly and found that the dragon head was carved out of stone and was not a real dragon head.

Then, the dragon roared continuously, and the statue of the Heavenly King came back riding on the dragon unicorn, turned over and jumped down, still sitting on the lotus platform in the Heavenly King Temple, holding the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade beside him, and said, "You go back and report to His Majesty that I have fulfilled my mission and have beheaded the leader of the rebels."

The stone statues took the order, turned around and walked into the darkness, taking a group of white skeletons with them, and then disappeared into the darkness, and the sounds of gongs and drums gradually became inaudible.

Not long after, the sound of roosters crowing was heard in the big ruins, the darkness faded away, the sun rose, and shone into the Temple of the Heavenly King.

Qin Mu shook his head. This night's experience seemed like a dream. It was extremely strange.

"Long Pang, what's wrong with you?" Qin Mu saw that Long Qilin was still in a daze and asked hurriedly.

"I had a dream!"

The dragon Qilin was still a little confused, and said, "I dreamed that I was carrying a divine king on my back, with brilliant flames, and charged into a turbulent battlefield. Countless divine dragons attacked me, and then were chopped to death by the divine king on my back. I rushed into the sea with the divine king, killed into the group of dragon gods, chopped off the head of a dragon king, and walked away with the head. This dream was so real..."

Qin Mu looked at the blind man, Ma Ye and others, and whispered: "Blind Grandpa, do you think what happened last night was true?"

The blind man and Master Ma shook their heads.

"Who can tell what happened in Daxu? Let's continue on our journey to the Great Leiyin Temple."

Qin Mu stared at the statue of the Heavenly King in astonishment, feeling something strange in his heart. He walked forward and reached out to touch it. The stone statue was cold, not made of flesh and blood.

"Your Majesty has sent a message from Wuyou Township, Wuyou Township has sent a message..."

Qin Mu had a complicated expression on his face, and whispered, "Where exactly is Wuyou Township..."