Chapter 1686: Kill the Bandits and Seize the Painting Wall

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Because the Yellow River and the Huai River flooded and the dikes collapsed, the areas of Qi, Lu, Jiang and Huai River were filled with refugees.

Su Mingzhe and his group were originally heading north, but in order to avoid refugees, they unknowingly ended up in Huizhou in the southwest.

In fact, when refugees block the road, it can only stop ordinary travelers.

If Su Mingzhe and his group really found it troublesome, they could just fly over on the clouds and there would be no need to go around in such a big circle.

……

“Huizhou…what a great place!”

Looking at the two big characters "Huizhou" on the city gate, Su Mingzhe suddenly hummed a modern song:

"In the previous life, I didn't cultivate, I was born in Huizhou, and when I was thirteen or fourteen, I was thrown out; I didn't cultivate, I was in Huizhou, and after I came here, I didn't want to turn back..."

The women heard the man humming a tune and laughed softly with their hands covering their mouths.

Only Liu Ruyan's eyes lit up:
"Husband, we have arrived in Huizhou. Why don't we stay here for a few days to avoid the refugees and to go for a walk in Huangshan Mountain? What do you think?"

When the Five Mountains return, they do not look at the mountains, and when the Yellow Mountains return, they do not look at the mountains.

Huangshan's magnificent scenery is deeply loved by scholars and literati.

Liu Ruyan is a bit of a literary youth, so naturally she wanted to see Huangshan Mountain to see whether it was "not living up to its reputation" or "the reputation is well deserved"!
"Okay, I was thinking of going to check it out too!"

Su Mingzhe has seen Huangshan countless times in various dimensions.

The Huangshan Mountain in different dimensions is not the same.

……

They entered the city, rented a small courtyard, and asked the golden boy and jade girl to guard the carriage and perform the ceremony.

Su Mingzhe started his travel with Liu Ruyan and her servant, as well as the three sisters of the Bai family.

Due to heavy rains for more than a month, the stone steps were covered with moss, making the mountain path slippery and difficult to walk on.

When they were climbing the mountain, they didn't meet many tourists.

We reached the top of the mountain just as the sun was setting.

Several people bathed in the golden light, floating like immortals.

"Husband, let's stay here tonight."

Looking at the rolling sea of ​​clouds, Bai Suzhen suddenly had an epiphany and knew that her chance to break through to the celestial fairyland had come.

"There are so many people coming and going here, I'm going to find a secluded place!"

Su Mingzhe expanded his spiritual sense and soon found a solitary peak.

Everyone moved to the isolated peak, and Bai Suzhen went into seclusion on her own to break through.

On the second day.

Bai Suzhen's aura gradually increased.

Su Mingzhe was afraid that she would be disturbed by the outside world, so he simply set up a silent and defensive magic circle.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, the women suggested continuing to play.

Bai Huahua and Bai Feifei want to protect their elder sister and are unwilling to leave too far.

Su Mingzhe took the four women and strolled around Huizhou.

……

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Everyone has already visited all the hills near Huangshan.

But Bai Suzhen's retreat has not yet ended.

Huahua and Feifei were afraid that going to other places would be too far away. If their sister had something to do and they wouldn't be able to come back in time, they would not want to continue the trip.

Naturally, Liu Ruyan and her servant felt embarrassed to pester the man to continue playing.

Su Mingzhe didn't care and simply continued strolling alone.

……

This day.

Su Mingzhe came to Jiuhua Prefecture in Jiangzhou for a visit. He was walking on a mountain path when he suddenly heard a cry of "Help" from behind him.

When I turned around, I saw a big man with his hands tied, coming to me, with a panicked look on his face, and urgently asking for help:
"Master, help me! Master, help me!"

"Don't run-"

A young scholar was chasing closely behind. When he saw Su Mingzhe blocking his way, he began to pant and slow down, while holding up his golden-backed large ring knife, and was fully alert.

The servant boy following behind him, carrying a lot of luggage, saw that Su Mingzhe was wearing a Taoist robe, which was different from the big man's attire, and knew that they were not from the same group, so he quickly explained:

"Master, don't get me wrong, we are good people, he is a thief!"

After hearing the servant's explanation, the big man quickly retorted: "Master, the knife is in his hand, and the person tied up is me, so who is the thief?"

"Well, that makes sense!"

Su Mingzhe seemed to believe the big man's words. He drew the sword from his waist and was about to help him out of trouble.

The scholar was anxious when he saw this:

"Master, we took the initiative, he is the thief!"

Unfortunately, Su Mingzhe didn't listen to the scholar at all and cut the rope.

The big man was overjoyed when he was liberated.

He didn't expect that this Taoist actually believed what he just explained casually.

At this moment, he saw Su Mingzhe with his back to him, and he became even more evil-minded. He pounced on him and tried to snatch the sword from Su Mingzhe's hand.

Unexpectedly, Su Mingzhe flipped his hand, raised the sword tip slightly, and stabbed it directly upwards.

The big man's action of rushing forward to snatch the sword was like putting his neck on the tip of the sword.

puff.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Su Mingzhe turned around and saw the big man's eyes wide open, and he immediately said in panic:

"Infinite Heavenly Lord!"

"Master, this is not your fault. He tried to snatch the sword and died accidentally!"

The scholar was a sensible man. Seeing that Su Mingzhe had already killed the bandit, he said nothing more.

Of course, he might also be afraid that Su Mingzhe would kill him to silence him, so he took his servant and returned the way he came, leaving the desolate mountain.

……

"This scholar should be Zhu Xiaolian, right? He looks quite similar to Brother Chao——"

Su Mingzhe looked at the two figures walking away, then looked down at the corpse of the bandit at his feet:

"This person should be Meng Longtan! Then the painted wall should be nearby."

……

A solitary mountain top.

Su Mingzhe walked slowly and saw an ancient temple, and stopped immediately:
"Is there anyone in there?"

A short and fat old monk in the temple heard the noise and came out. When he saw Su Mingzhe in a Taoist robe, he immediately put his palms together and said respectfully:

"Amitabha, I am not moving, I am honored to meet you, fellow Taoist!"

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, I am honored to receive your respects!"

Su Mingzhe returned the greeting to the monk, and they smiled at each other. Everything was said without words.

……

Jiuhua Prefecture is most famous for Jiuhua Mountain.

Jiuhua Mountain is one of the 72 blessed places of Taoism. Taoist master Ge Hong once practiced here.

Later, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva came to the Central Plains to preach, occupied Jiuhua Mountain, and built a temple.

After thousands of years of development, there are many Taoist temples and Buddhist temples here.

……

Everyone was smart, and Monk Budong was too lazy to say more nonsense. He took Su Mingzhe to a painted wall and said bluntly:
"Daoyou, you are here for this Xumi Realm as well, right?"

"Sumeru 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 thousand worlds.

Monk Budong did not call the painted wall the Small Thousand Worlds, but rather the Sumeru Realm, which means 'first come, first served'. He arrived earlier than Su Mingzhe, so Su Mingzhe should stop looking for trouble.

Su Mingzhe emphasized that this was the 'Floating World', which was meant to mock the monk for not being strong enough to refine the Small Thousand Planes, so he might as well give it a try.

When Monk Budong saw Su Mingzhe trying to snatch the mural, he felt indignant and wanted to take action.

However, he had been seriously injured while refining the painted wall, and was completely unable to compete with Su Mingzhe at this moment.

In desperation, the monk settled for the next best thing, laughed, and said:

"Fellow Daoist, whether it's the Xumi Realm or the Floating Realm, it's just a name. In fact, this is just an ordinary secret realm. If you like it, just take it. I just want to take one thing!"

Su Mingzhe stopped when he saw that things were going well, and immediately said with a smile:

"Master, if you want to take anything, feel free to do so!"

(End of this chapter)