Chapter 190: The Knight's Journey (Part )
Chapter 190: The Knight's Journey (Part )
Last time, we talked about Xu Jin's caravan traveling to Jiuwa Mountain, and being stopped by the Jiuwa Gang on the mountain road. The new gang leader was a layman with a lion's mouth, and the two sides were about to have a dispute. So what will our Master Zhengyuan do? Let's read on.
The guards of the caravan were guarding the trucks, and Xu Jin stopped people who wanted to come and see the goods. Xu Li raised his three-ring knife and asked coldly, "What's the matter? Brother, do you not want to discuss business anymore?"
Xu Jin said helplessly: "Boss Xu, of course we have to discuss this deal, but the price you asked is too high. Previously..."
Xu Li sneered, "I've already told you, don't talk about the past with me. Now that I'm the boss, you have to follow my rules! Otherwise, hmph, there will be bloodshed!"
When the members of Jiuwa Gang heard this, they all picked up their weapons. A bloody fight was about to begin. At this tense moment, our bald Li, Master Zhengyuan, slowly walked down from the carriage.
Li Yi stretched himself, yawned, and said, "What's going on? Why are you so noisy? Oh, you all have weapons in hand. It's just right. I was woken up by someone and I'm in a bad mood. I'll take it out on you!"
Xu Li said in a cold voice: "Where did this ignorant monk come from? I'll chop off your bald head first!" After that, he swung his sword and jumped up to chop Li Yi directly.
Li Yi used the Vajra Magic Power, holding the three-ring knife in his left hand and Xu Li's face with his right hand, and then exerted force to directly slam him into the ground. This smooth operation shocked everyone present!
Xu Jin was surprised and said, "Vajra Magic! Master Zhengyuan, you are so powerful?"
Li Yi smiled slightly, stepped on Xu Li's chest, and shouted to the people of Jiuwa Gang with Lion Roar, "Why are you still standing there? Do you want to be like this guy? Why don't you leave now?"
The people of the Jiuwa Gang dispersed, and Li Yi said to Xu Jin: "Brother Xu, it seems that I can only go this far with you. Thank you for disturbing me these days. You go now, I have something to talk to this person."
Xu Jin clasped his fists and bowed, saying: "Then Master Zhengyuan, please take care of yourself. We are leaving first." Li Yi returned the greeting and watched them leave.
After the caravan had gone far away, Li Yi pulled Xu Li out and said coldly, "Why did Shura Palace send you here? You'd better tell the truth, or you will suffer."
Xu Li begged for mercy again and again: "Master, Master! Please don't do anything. I confess. I confess everything!"
It is true that Xu Li is an evil cultivator from the Shura Palace, but he is just a small figure in the Ghost Blade Hall. According to his own statement, he came to Jiuwa Mountain not because he was sent by the Shura Palace, but because he escaped here on his own. Previously, the Shura Palace made a big fuss in Lingyin Temple, and he also participated in it, but he escaped by luck.
Because Qiu Xiong, the leader of the Ghost Blade Hall of Shura Hall, was killed by Li Yi, all the masters in the hall were lost, so the Ghost Blade Hall was almost wiped out. After Xu Li escaped, he could only find a way out by himself. He came to Jiuwa Mountain, refined the sword with the former leader of Jiuwa Gang, and then replaced him.
This happened just two days ago. He didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly. He hadn't even gotten comfortable in the throne of the mountain king yet. He had just gathered his men and was preparing to start a business when he was run into by Li Yi. He felt so regretful.
Li Yi felt that Xu Li was not such a bad person and still had a chance to repent, so he used the Thunder Seal to make Xu Li swear that he would never do anything against the will of heaven again in his life, otherwise he would be struck by lightning. Xu Li also knew that if he broke this oath, he would really die, so he did not do bad things again.
After Li Yi let Xu Li go, he started to stir up trouble. Because they were far enough away from Jiankang, by the time the news reached Jiankang and Luo Yan arrived, he would have already run away. So Li Yi robbed temples to help the poor, turning the temples in Hongzhou upside down.
After Luo Yan told Xiao Yongming the news that the temple had been robbed, the miser indeed sent him to deal with it, so Li Yi's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain was successful.
After Luo Yan left Jiankang, Zhu Zi took action, summarizing the evidence he had collected, and then personally visited important officials in the court to join forces with them to report Luo Yan.
But Luo Yan is Xiao Yongming's money bag after all. If he wants to overthrow him, he must be fully prepared, and he must create a situation where he is in a difficult position and force Xiao Yongming to issue an order to punish him severely. So he can't be impatient...
Five days later, Li Yi arrived in Xiangzhou, where the Heci Temple was located. After finding the expanded Heci Temple, Li Yi stepped inside and saw young women wearing monk robes but smeared with rouge and powder, full of fragrance. Li Yi guessed everything in an instant.
A young nun stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Brother, are you here to worship Buddha or to eat vegetarian food?"
Li Yi looked at the real little nun in front of him, bowed to her and asked, "Where is the abbot? I came here to look for her and discuss Buddhism."
The little nun looked around and whispered, "Brother, please leave quickly. This is no longer a quiet place for Buddhists. We can't discuss any Buddhist teachings here. Please leave quickly."
Li Yi nodded, suddenly reached out and grabbed the little nun's arm, rolled up her sleeves, and saw purple and blue scars.
At this time, a fake nun shouted: "Hey, what are you doing, monk? Why are you pulling our clothes in broad daylight? Do you have any shame?" The little nun immediately withdrew her arm, stepped aside nervously, and dared not say anything more.
Li Yi turned around and glared at the fake nun and said coldly: "Amitabha, I just came to ask for something to eat, but this junior brother chased me away. Doesn't your Heci Temple entertain monks?"
The fake nun glanced at the young nun and nodded, "Oh, so that's how it is. But no matter what, you can't touch me! Don't you know there are differences between men and women?"
Li Yi asked back: "Monks are free from all worries, so where does this talk about men and women come from? Although you are wearing monk's robes, you can't hide your coquettish air. It seems that the Heci Temple is rotten to the core!" He waved his hand and knocked off the fake nun's monk's hat, and her long hair fell down, scaring the woman into a panic.
The fake nun ran and shouted: "Someone come! Someone is causing trouble! Someone come quickly!"
As he was talking, a dozen guards with knives in hand surrounded him, and the eunuch Liu also ran out, pointed at Li Yi's nose and cursed: "Where did you come from, you wild monk! How dare you cause trouble here! Beat him, beat him hard, but hold on, we will teach him a lesson ourselves later!"
A dozen guards drew their swords and started fighting. This time, Li Yi showed no mercy. He beat the guards crippled with punches, kicks, palms and kicks. Seeing this, Eunuch Liu ran away. Although he knew some kung fu, how could he escape from Li Yi?
Li Yi jumped behind him and used a powerful grabbing move to instantly break both of his arms. Eunuch Liu screamed in pain, but Li Yi did not intend to let him go. He kicked and broke both of his legs, and then dragged him into the main hall like a dead dog.
At this time, all the fake nuns in the courtyard screamed and fled in all directions. Li Yi put his hands together, stomped one foot on the ground and shouted, "Om Mani Padme Hum!" A lotus seal lit up under his feet, and then quickly spread, creating a barrier that sealed off the Heci Temple.
Li Yi glared at the fake nuns and shouted, "All of you, kneel down before the Buddha!"
How dare these fake nuns disobey? They all ran to the main hall and knelt in a row. After walking around the Heci Temple, Li Yi also caught a few pilgrims who came to "practice" in broad daylight in the meditation room. Without saying a word, he first gave them a severe lesson, then stripped them naked and threw them out of the courtyard.
After finishing all this, Li Yi found the little nun and asked, "Are there any other disciples of yours here?"
The little nun shook her head and cried, "They kept us alive so that we could teach those prostitutes some Buddhist stories. They also made us clean the temple and serve those prostitutes. If we didn't do our job well, they would beat and scold us. Several of our fellow disciples were beaten to death by them! I am the only one left in Heci Temple now!"
Li Yi sighed and said, "No, Master Ci Tong is still alive, and you are still alive, so the inheritance of Heci Temple is still there. By the way, who is your master? What is your Dharma name?"
The little nun wiped her tears and sobbed, "My Dharma name is Su Xin, and my master is Nun Ci Chen. Senior brother, my master is dead. I only saw her body, but I don't know who killed her. Senior brother, can you help my master get revenge?"
Li Yi exhaled a breath of foul air and nodded, "I know who killed your master, and I will avenge your master, don't worry. Now I need you to help me find a razor and a rope for tying people, and fetch a basin of water to the main hall."
Su Xin nodded in agreement, and soon brought what Li Yi wanted. The latter first tied up the guards who were beaten by him with ropes, and then threw them out.
Li Yi looked at the fake nuns kneeling in a row in the main hall, and slowly walked to the Buddha statue and bowed, saying: "Buddha, although these women have their own difficulties, it is true that they have insulted our Buddhist sect. I know that you have a compassionate heart and cannot bear to punish them, but this matter must be punished. I hope that Buddha will understand my heart to protect the Buddha."
When the fake nuns heard Li Yi's words, they were all terrified. Li Yi turned to Su Xin and said, "Since they like to pretend to be fake nuns, let them act more realistically. We will shave their hair! If they dare to resist, this will be their fate!"
Li Yi punched the eunuch Liu to death, and the fake nuns were so scared that they burst into tears, but they dared not resist any more. Li Yi grabbed one and dragged her to Su Xin, who began to shave her head. Because it didn't require intensive work, the bald head was shaved very quickly.
After shaving these dozen bald heads, Li Yi drove them out of Heci Temple. Although the government had sent troops to surround the place, the onlookers still blocked the street.
Li Yi stood at the gate and said loudly: "The evil monk Luo Yan actually let these prostitutes pretend to be nuns and do the flesh trade in the Buddhist temple, bringing disaster to Buddhism! This is unforgivable! I, the poor monk Zhengyuan, will expose his crimes here! Let the world know his true face!"
Afterwards, Li Yi used his talent to transmit sound, so that his voice could be heard throughout Xiangzhou City. Then, combined with Confucian and Taoist methods of persuasion, the Buddhist Lion Roar technique began to narrate Luo Yan's crimes, including deceiving the emperor, wreaking havoc in Buddhist temples, killing people, amassing wealth through lending, harming civilians, etc. This was also to cooperate with Zhu Zi's actions.
After finishing his speech, Li Yi took out the silver and money collected by Heci Temple and threw them on the street. The onlookers scrambled for the silver and money, and the scene was very chaotic. Li Yi took advantage of the chaos and fled with Su Xin...
After settling Su Xin, Li Yi started to walk eastward, because Qiyun Mountain was just to the east, and he wanted to rush there to seek shelter before Luo Yan found him. After all, it was the Taoist temple of the Earth Sect, and there were several masters of the Transcendent Realm in charge, so as long as he got there, he would be safe.
However, it is more than a thousand miles from Xiangzhou to Qiyun Mountain, and it will take at least seven days to walk. In order to hurry on his way, Li Yi bought a carriage so that he could rest in the carriage when he was tired.
That night, Li Yi was sleeping in the car when the righteous energy in his body suddenly surged. He immediately used his Vajra power to open the curtain of the car to check.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, several black shadows suddenly jumped out of the forest. One of them was carrying a cloth bag, which seemed to contain a person. He glanced at Li Yi's carriage, crossed the official road and jumped into the forest on the other side.
Li Yi did not hesitate and followed immediately. If the people from Shura Palace acted together, it might be related to the Heaven-Measurement Ruler. However, he had a righteous spirit and could not follow too closely, as it would be easy to be discovered. He followed the group to a cave. In order not to alert the enemy, he did not go in and watched from the side.
Just as he activated the bat sound skill and prepared to explore the situation in the cave, he suddenly found someone behind him. His righteous spirit gave a response, and it was an evil cultivator. Li Yi turned around and grabbed the other person's neck directly, and then he found that the person was Xu Li.
Xu Li waved his hand and said, "Master, Master, it's me, it's me!"
Li Yi did not let go and asked, "Why are you here? I gave you a chance to mend your ways, but it seems you don't want to do it anymore!"
Xu Li waved his hands and said, "No, I really changed. Master, please listen to my explanation!" Li Yi knew that if Xu Li broke his oath, he would be struck by lightning and died, so he let go of his hand.
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