Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 89 Vajra

Day three.

"Stop, stop, stop, let's take a break." Fa Yuan stuck his head out of the carriage.

Bai Liang was extremely worried. His father had been killed by the water monster, and his mother had also been captured by the monster.

A distance of 500 miles can be reached in two days if the horses are galloping. But it is already the third day and we have only gone halfway.

Bai Liang wanted to get to Bailu Village as quickly as possible, but Fa Yuan had to stop to rest every time he walked a certain distance.

Even so, Bai Liang did not dare to offend Monk Fa Yuan, for he was afraid that Fa Yuan would regret his decision and not go.

Bai Liang is not the little girl Bai Ling. He is a bit scheming and knows that Fa Yuan does not want to go to Bailu Village. If Fan Shiyi had not morally blackmailed Fa Yuan, Fa Yuan would probably have found an excuse to send Bai Liang away.

"Master, come down and rest." Bai Liang carefully helped Fa Yuan off the horse. Although he had some opinions about Fa Yuan, he did not dare to offend him.

He also hoped that Fa Yuan could destroy the monster, avenge his father, and rescue his mother.

Bai Liang served Fa Yuan very carefully along the way, but even so, Fa Yuan kept complaining.

"How can you drink this cold water? Boil it first."

"You didn't even bring food? Aren't you afraid of starving to death?"

Fa Yuan complained endlessly.

When other people invite Fa Yuan, it goes without saying that they spend money, but at least they provide him with good food and drinks.

Bai Liang and his sister are lucky, they have nothing.

Water was fetched from the river and food was obtained by picking wild fruits.

Fa Yuan complained while looking at Fan Shiyi in the distance. If Fan Shiyi hadn't blackmailed him morally, how could Fa Yuan have come to this poor place?

"Master, eat some fruit." Bai Liang asked Bai Ling to pick some wild fruits and hold them in his hands.

Fa Yuan ate a wild fruit, with an unusual expression on his face, and then he spat it out: "Do you want to make me sour to death?"

Bai Liang picked up a wild fruit suspiciously and started to eat it. This fruit is called sand apple, although it is small, it is sour and sweet.

Ordinary people have eaten sand apples.

In this season, the sand apples are ripe. Although they are a bit sour, they are sweet with a hint of sourness.

Bai Liang and Bai Ling specially picked red ripe sand apples for Fa Yuan. "Not sour." Bai Liang ate a sand apple. The fruit was a little sour, but still within the tolerable range.

Bai Liang usually doesn't want to eat this red fruit, and always gives it to his sister Bai Ling or his parents.

In today's world, it is difficult to fill your stomach.

For ordinary people, it is difficult to eat sand apples.

Fa Yuan was speechless, and the little monk beside him hurriedly took out the cakes from the bag.

Fa Yuan ate several pieces in a row before he felt his mouth was less sour. "Wild fruits are only eaten by poor people like you. I have never eaten this crap."

Bai Liang smiled awkwardly. The sand apples were the best thing they had. The brother and sister were poor to begin with, so how could they afford to buy delicious food?

Don't treat people when you are poor.

"Master, what are those two people over there doing? Are they also catching monsters?" Bai Liang changed the subject.

Fa Yuan ate pastries while looking at Fan Shiyi and Zhou Ping coldly.

"Humph, a weak Confucian."

"A stinky escort."

"Do they know what a demon is? Do they know how to catch a demon?"

Fa Yuan cursed. He had a grudge against both of them.

Needless to say, Fan Shiyi morally blackmailed Fa Yuan, which is why Fa Yuan came to such a poor place.

As for Zhou Ping, Fa Yuan has a deeper grudge against him.

Monk Pu Ming originally wanted to give him the initiation, but in the end he gave it to Zhou Ping.

Fa Yuan could have reached the eighth level through initiation, but this opportunity was given to Zhou Ping.

In a sense, Pu Ming was killed by Fa Yuan.

But Fa Yuan never thought that either he wanted to kill Zhou Ping for money, or he forced Pu Yuan to kill Zhou Ping and thus exposed his identity.

How could Pu Ming give Zhou Ping an initiation?
If we really have to say who harmed Pu Ming, it was actually Fa Yuan.

But Fa Yuan didn't think so. He felt that it was Zhou Ping who killed Pu Ming!

I can bully you, I can kill you, but if you don’t let me kill you, then it’s your fault!

"Zhou Ping, you are at the eighth level, and I am also at the eighth level. Let's see who is stronger between the two of us!" Monk Fayuan said in a low voice with narrowed eyes.

Monk Fayuan hated Zhou Ping and looked down on him. Zhou Ping's Buddhist cultivation was all done with the help of external forces. Monk Fayuan's Buddhist cultivation was done by himself.

Fa Yuan was originally a ninth-grade cultivator, but Pu Ming's death, coupled with the fact that Pu Du Ci Hang accepted him as a disciple and left behind several treasures, gave Fa Yuan some enlightenment and reached the eighth grade.

Having reached the eighth level of Fa Yuan, especially with several magic weapons in hand, he was not afraid of Zhou Ping at all.

This time, he was morally blackmailed by Fan Shiyi to come to such a place. Although Fa Yuan was unhappy, he did not expect that Zhou Ping would follow him.

In Fa Yuan's opinion, this was the opportunity given to him by God, no, it should be given to him by Buddha, to destroy Zhou Ping.

"Your eighth rank was stolen, but mine was cultivated by myself. I am definitely better than you." Fa Yuan was thinking about finding an opportunity to kill Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping knew the secret that Fa Yuan had helped He Yunlu snatch someone away. This secret was like a thorn in Fa Yuan's throat, making him unable to sleep peacefully.

"Maybe, he hasn't reached the eighth rank yet! How can it be so easy to reach the eighth rank?" Fa Yuan thought of another possibility. Zhou Ping might not even be at the eighth rank, after all, Pu Ming was already at the end of his strength.

Bai Ling looked at Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi in the distance and asked innocently, "Master, who among you has the highest cultivation level?"

Fa Yuan's face changed and he was obviously unhappy.

Among the three, Fan Shiyi had the highest cultivation level, she was a Confucian rank four. Zhou Ping's cultivation level was hard to estimate, after all, Pu Ming was not sure he could kill Zhou Ping in one second.

Bai Liang was a man with good sense. He scolded, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. The magician must be the most powerful person here. The water monsters in the village all depend on the magician."

After hearing Bai Liang's words, Fa Yuan's face looked a little better.

"You guys rest here. I'm going to practice martial arts and prepare magical tools to fight against monsters." After Fa Yuan said this, he took the little monk into the grove.

Naturally, Bai Liang and his sister didn't dare to follow.

In the woods.

Fa Yuan took out a vajra.

The vajra is the magic weapon left to him by Pudu Cihang.

The Buddha's power on this object is amazing.

It was by relying on the vajra that Fayuan realized the power of Buddha and was able to advance to the eighth level.

In addition, the vajra is blessed with magical powers and can easily cut through fine iron. It is a top-quality treasure.

Fa Yuan has been practicing the vajra these days. The vajra dances with great vigor in Fa Yuan's hand, and even in broad daylight, it is full of golden light.

The vajra lightly touched a huge rock, and the rock immediately turned into pieces.

The vajra amplifies the power of the user.

This is also the most powerful magic weapon left by Pudu Cihang to Fayuan.

Magical weapons not only have spell bonuses, specifically for restraining ghosts and monsters, but also have physical bonuses, which can amplify the power of magic.

"With this magical weapon, plus my eighth-grade cultivation, I will have no rivals in the nearby counties." Fa Yuan felt the power of the vajra, his eyes flashing.

He wanted to find an opportunity to kill Zhou Ping in a reasonable way.

"Brother, give these fruits to the two people over there." Bai Ling said to Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi.

Bai Ling felt that since Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi were also here to catch monsters, they should be entertained as well.

Bai Liang looked at the two people in the distance and said, "Forget it. The abbot of Jinhua Temple is said to be very powerful. He can catch monsters by himself. Those two people should be useless."

After Bai Liang finished speaking, he grabbed a few green and red fruits and stuffed them into Bai Ling's mouth.

Bai Ling chuckled and ate the fruit, but she still brought the remaining fruit and hopped to Fan Shiyi and Zhou Ping. "My two lords, please eat the fruit." Bai Ling still brought the sand apples to the two of them.

Bai Ling felt that she should still be polite no matter what, after all, others were helping her.

Reciprocity is the right thing to do.

Even if Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi were just running along to watch the fun, they still had to show proper courtesy.

Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi were very polite. They each took a fruit and put it in their mouths.

"Thank you."

Neither of them was hungry, as they had brought their own dry food.

Xiaoqing stretched out her neck and also took a bite of a sand apple.

But she only ate half a bite and spat it out. It was too sour.

"Bai Ling, can you tell us what's happening in the village?" Zhou Ping said.

Zhou Ping is very interested in the monsters in the village, or in other words, knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle.

The combat ceiling of the team is Xiaoqing, but Zhou Ping still wants to understand the situation clearly to avoid being injured by mistake.

Bai Ling was very friendly to the two along the way, and would bring some food to them whenever there was any.

"Oh, here's the thing. Our village has always been better because it's surrounded by the lake."

"If you want to go to or leave the island, you have to take a boat, so on weekdays, except for the village chief and a few people who go out for supplies, no one else goes out."

"Until a year ago, a monster suddenly appeared in the lake and started catching people in the water."

"More than a dozen people have died in the village in the past year."

“No one in the village can leave.”

Bai Ling was about thirteen or fourteen years old. Her clothes were very torn and her face was covered in dust, but it couldn't hide the vitality in her body, which was like a bud about to bloom.

One year ago? Zhou Ping thought this time was very strange.

A year ago, the Demon Lord took over my body.

"Have you ever seen a monster?" Zhou Ping asked again. It would be nice if he knew what a monster is.

Like a snake demon or something.

Bai Ling shook her head: "I don't know. Everyone who has seen a monster is dead."

"Since you said no one can leave the village, how did you two get out?" Fan Shiyi asked. As she spoke, she conjured up two pancakes out of thin air and handed them to Bai Ling.

Bai Ling's eyes lit up and she immediately took a bite. Soon, a piece of pancake was in her stomach.

These days, she and her brother lived in the open air, drinking water when they were thirsty and eating wild fruits when they were hungry. They had never eaten anything decent.

After finishing a pancake, Bai Ling felt three-quarters full, but she did not eat the remaining one. Instead, she carefully kept it: she wanted to leave it for her brother.

"My brother said that people who were attacked by monsters in the lake were attacked during the day, so we left at night."

"I didn't expect the monster to not notice us at first, and only attacked us when we were about to reach the shore."

"We both have to abandon ship to escape."

Bai Ling explained.

Zhou Ping didn't understand. If it was so dangerous, why not just stay in the village? Why come out?

As if seeing through Zhou Ping's thoughts, Bai Ling's eyes turned red and began to be filled with mist: "It's mainly to save my mother."

It turned out that a monster was wreaking havoc in the village, and Bai Ling's father found a few strong men to try to catch the monster.

Unexpectedly, the monster killed all these people.

The monster even went to the island and kidnapped Bai Ling's mother.

The brother and sister wanted to avenge their father, but also hoped to rescue their mother.

Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts. In their opinion, the mother of the brother and sister was in danger.

However, seeing Bai Ling's innocent look, the two of them didn't have the heart to expose her.

"Little girl, you are so dirty, it makes me feel sorry for you. There is a river in front of you, why don't you go take a bath? I have a set of clothes here, you can change into them." Fan Shiyi conjured up a set of clothes out of thin air.

The clothes are very new and you can tell at first glance that they are for girls.

Xiao Qing rolled her eyes at Fan Shiyi and said to Zhou Ping in a low voice, "This suit was originally bought for me to coax me, but now it's given to someone else."

Zhou Ping could hear Xiaoqing's jealousy, but that didn't stop Fan Shiyi from picking up girls.

Bai Ling's eyes lit up. She had never seen such beautiful clothes.

Bai Ling took the clothes and skipped away.

"Although this little girl looks dirty, she is a little beauty." Fan Shiyi said with a slanted smile.

Fan Shiyi has met countless Yue women and knows what kind of women are beautiful and what kind of beauties are well-dressed.

Bai Ling is definitely a natural beauty who doesn't need any makeup.

Fan Shiyi was looking forward to seeing Bai Ling wash clean.

But Bai Ling did not take a bath as Fan Shiyi requested.

After Bai Ling gave the pancake to Bai Liang, Bai Liang grabbed a handful of ashes from the ground and smeared them on Bai Ling's face again and again.

This made Fan Shiyi unhappy.

"Hey, well done. My brother can tell from a distance that you are a playboy." Xiaoqing mocked from the side.

Zhou Ping also smiled softly. Bai Liang was afraid that Bai Ling would be remembered by Fan Shiyi, so he asked Bai Ling to dress up ugly.

Fan Shiyi gritted his teeth and said, "This kid really doesn't know what's good for him!"

The group walked for another two days before arriving at Bailu Village.

In front of them was a river, about fifty feet wide.

Behind the river is a small island.

From a distance, the island looks lush and vibrant.

The lake water was sparkling, and fish jumped out of the lake from time to time.

"What a great place." Fan Shiyi couldn't help but sigh. She didn't expect this place to be a paradise.

Bailu Village has a good geographical location, located in the center of a lake, which avoids a lot of trouble.

Moreover, the island is in a good location and there are many fish in the lake.

At least people won't starve to death in a place like this.

"A long time ago, there was no one on the island." Bai Ling talked about the origin of Bailu Village.

"Later, two brothers of the opposite sex came to the island."

"There were two brothers, one with the surname Bai and the other with the surname Lu, so there was Bailu Village."

"In the past two hundred years, Bailu Village has had hundreds of people."

There was a look of reminiscence in Bai Ling's eyes.

Zhou Ping looked at the lake and asked, "Are there any high-ranking masters on the island?"

Bai Ling was full of questions: "What is a grade?"

Zhou Ping patiently explained: "It means practicing and having cultivation."

Bai Ling nodded blankly.

Zhou Ping breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the fighting power of this village was not high, and the biggest threat was the monster.

At this time, in the ancestral hall in the center of the island.

Lu San slowly opened his eyes: "A guest is coming."

(End of this chapter)