The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 133: Yunmeng's Difficulty, Dragon Girl's True Appearance

Dragon King Temple.

Zhang Jiuyang held three incense sticks in his hand, bowed, and prepared to insert them into the incense burner in front of the statue.

"I am Zhang Jiuyang, I have something important to discuss with you, please let the Dragon Girl show up and meet me."

Yunmengze is hundreds of miles away from Qingzhou City, almost at the border of Qingzhou. He doesn't have time to rush over for the time being. If he wants to make sure the dragon girl is safe, the fastest way is to burn incense and offer prayers.

However, what was strange was that the incense went out by itself just after he lit it.

Zhang Jiuyang lit it again, and extinguished it again.

There are only two possibilities in this situation. The first is that the gods rejected his incense.

This is basically impossible because the Dragon Girl was unable to resist the previous two times and had to fly out of Yunmengze to bring rain or deal with the evil soldiers.

So much so that she had to take out a water gem to exchange with herself.

This leaves only the second possibility, that the current Dragon Girl is simply unable to accomplish what he requested, or even worse, the Dragon Girl is no longer around.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiuyang glanced at Ao Ya who was crawling around in the temple, looking for cockroaches and spiders to eat, and remained silent.

Something happened to the Dragon Girl.

That's why she, who is such a homebody, came to Qingzhou in person, even going to the brothel to ask him to take care of her sister.

"Okay."

"I can agree to anything."

Zhang Jiuyang recalled her straightforward answer at that time, and he finally understood.

He thought she was just looking for someone to take care of her naughty sister, but he never imagined that she was entrusting her child to someone else.

"I have no friends."

Thinking of the calmness with which she said this, Zhang Jiuyang was suddenly moved.

What kind of experience must a person have gone through to be so calm and unmoved when entrusting his child to someone else?

She must have had a premonition of something, so she forced her mentally retarded sister out.

Worried that her sister wouldn't be able to find a place to live, she could only reluctantly choose one person she could trust from all the people she came into contact with.

What kind of thing could threaten the life of the Dragon Girl?

Apart from the natural tribulation of cultivation itself, the only thing Zhang Jiuyang could think of was the Master of Painted Skin!
The Moon Goddess said that the Painted Skin Master suddenly left Yangzhou and brought a lot of people with him. It was obviously a large-scale operation, and Qingzhou was one of the directions he was heading to.

Before, Zhang Jiuyang thought that the other party was coming for him, but now he felt that the other party was coming for the Dragon Girl!

The reason is very simple. The Dragon Girl had fought with the Painted Skin Master before and saved the Second Master.

Given the vengeful character of the Painted Skin Master, it is impossible for him not to hold a grudge, not to mention that a white dragon with great spiritual accomplishment is a great temptation.

How could the Painted Skin Master not drool over that dragon skin?

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiuyang made a prompt decision.

Rush to Yunmengze immediately!
The Dragon Girl must not die. If she dies, the Painted Skin Master will become even stronger, and he will lose a natural and powerful ally.

More importantly...

Zhang Jiuyang looked at the statue of the old Dragon King, seeing His kind smile, and recalled the decades of peace and prosperity that Qingzhou had experienced.

No matter why the old Dragon King died, he must protect the descendants of such a god who saved countless lives and brought benefits to all people.

Those who have made contributions to the world should not be cut off from their descendants.

Ao Ya has contracted an incurable dementia, and nothing should happen to Ao Li again.

He called A Li and Qing Ji, first gave a letter to Qing Ji, and ordered it to be delivered immediately to Yue Ling in the capital.

The letter briefly explained the matter of Ao Li and the Painted Skin Master, and asked her to quickly dispatch personnel to reinforce Yunmengze. If possible, it would be best for her to come in person.

Zhang Jiuyang, Ao Ya and A Li immediately set off for Yunmengze.

They took the water route, starting from Songlin River, entering Hongjiang River, and then heading straight to Yunmengze, three hundred miles away.

When Ao Ya heard that they were going home, he immediately swam as hard as he could. Although he was a young dragon, he was still very fast, carrying Zhang Jiuyang and A Li through the wind and waves.

Sometimes, in order to avoid being seen, they even have to dive into the water.

Just like that, at sunset, Zhang Jiuyang arrived near Yunmengze.

Yunmengze, a very beautiful name. Legend has it that a goddess once lived here. It stretches for hundreds of miles and is the source of the Qingzhou water vein. However, it gradually dried up and now only a few dozen miles remain.

Even so, Yunmengze is still known as a paradise on earth. Whenever it rains, a layer of fairy-like mist will rise on the water surface, hazy and looming.

There are abundant fish in the marsh and lush vegetation on both sides of the river. I wonder how many lives this land and water supports.

Even several nearby villages depend on Yunmengze for survival.

But when Zhang Jiuyang saw Yunmengze, he could hardly believe his eyes.

All I saw was a charred black mass on both banks, the surrounding mountains collapsed, broken wood flew everywhere, and even the clear and vast Yunmeng Lake was filled with mud and sand, and was turbid and black in color.

Countless fish carcasses floated on the water, and when the wind blew, the strong stench was nauseating.

Yunmengze has become a dead lake!
Not only that, the water seemed to be poisoned. The water was black in color and the smell made people dizzy.

Ao Ya let out childish dragon roars, calling for her sister.

However, no matter how sincere her feelings were, the figure in white never showed up.

"Brother Jiu, this water has been cursed!"

Ah Li, who also possessed the ability to curse, stared at the water for a while and found something wrong. She said, "What a powerful curse! It has faded a lot over time. Even so, ordinary people will get seriously ill if they drink the water now."

It's not poison, it's a curse!

Curse all living creatures in the entire water area!
"But it's a bit strange, Brother Nine, although this spell is much stronger than mine, it can't hurt Sister Dragon Girl, right?"

Ali was puzzled.

Zhang Jiuyang was silent for a moment, then said, "He didn't try to kill the dragon girl with a curse. The purpose of the curse should be to pollute this area of water so that the dragon girl can't use the power of the water."

This is a ruthless move to cut off the source of the problem.

A dragon is almost invincible when swimming in water, so the Painted Skin mainly forces it out first so that it cannot rely on the power of the water.

Zhang Jiuyang looked at the scorched earth all around him and the traces of battle that seemed to shake the sky and crack the earth. He knew that he was still a step too late. The Painted Skin Master had already taken action!

At this moment, there was a splash. Ao Ya couldn't call her sister, so she jumped into the water decisively, risking being cursed.

Zhang Jiuyang jumped down immediately without hesitation, and Ah Li followed him.

The two men held the dragon horns and felt the cold lake water, which contained a strange power, like the air of plague, trying to drill into Zhang Jiuyang's pores.

It is the remaining power of the spell.

But Zhang Jiuyang was wearing the Five Thunder Talisman, and the power of thunder blocked the invasion of those spells. The Ming Wang pendant around his neck also became warm. He was secretly shocked. This was still a lot less powerful. If it was during the period when the spells were the most powerful, ordinary people would really die if they were touched. Even a cultivator in the third realm would not be able to go into the water without a protective magic weapon.

Silently chanting the water-avoiding spell, he and A Li followed Ao Ya deeper into the Yunmeng Lake and continued to dive.

The scenes along the way were heartbreaking, with floating corpses everywhere.

Finally, after diving dozens of feet, Ao Ya let out a dragon roar and slammed into a stone wall.

Ali tried to stop it, but heard Zhang Jiuyang's voice.

"Trust her, she won't forget the way home."

The next moment, Ao Ya crashed into the ordinary stone wall, but there was no expected impact feeling. Instead, it was like passing through a bubble.

When Zhang Jiuyang opened his eyes again, he couldn't help but be shocked by the beauty before him.

Suddenly, a crystal palace appeared under the water, with precious trees growing all around it. Thousands of silk threads hung down from the branches, shining like night pearls.

The entire palace is gorgeous and elegant, with pavilions, towers, carved beams and painted buildings, which are so exquisite that they do not seem to be something of this world.

The only pity is that due to the influence of the curse, many rare and exotic plants have withered, and some of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals transformed by the dragon girl have also become corpses.

Ao Ya led them to swim into the Crystal Palace, through layer after layer of invisible formations, and finally to the deepest part of the Dragon Palace, which was also the sisters' bedroom.

But there was no one inside.

Zhang Jiuyang looked at the still intact layout around him, and his heart moved.

This shows that the Painted Skin Master has never entered here, otherwise it would not be so well organized.

Suddenly, Ao Ya seemed to sense something, and its expression suddenly became excited. It let out a dragon roar and swam somewhere with Zhang Jiuyang and A Li.

Zhang Jiuyang was excited. Could it be that the Dragon Girl was still alive and hiding in the Dragon Palace?

Soon, Ao Ya brought him to the Dragon Palace treasury, which contained many rare treasures, including a three-foot-long red ruby coral, a rockery carved from jade, a large golden tripod, and a necklace made of seventy-two East China Sea pearls...

Every one of them is a priceless treasure.

Zhang Jiuyang finally understood why in the legend, the Dragon Palace was so magnificent and contained countless rare treasures. For those who loved money, this place was simply a paradise on earth.

But his attention was attracted by a figure.

She was dressed in white, sitting quietly on a swing made of vines, her shoes were spotless, her long hair cascading like a waterfall, as if she had been waiting for a long time, yet as if she had just sat down.

As bright as the moon, as quiet as an orchid.

Remaining and independent.

What was different from before was that this time she was not wearing a veil, and her stunningly beautiful face that did not belong to this world was also revealed in front of Zhang Jiuyang.

On the Miaoguye Mountain there lived a supernatural being, whose skin was as white as ice and snow, and who was as graceful as a virgin. He did not eat grains, but only breathed the wind and drank dew.

The only thing he could think of at that moment was the words in Zhuangzi's "Xiao Yao You", which might be able to describe the beauty of the dragon girl.

His eyebrows are as clear as autumn water, his eyes are like glass, his bones are ice and snow, and his soul is the bright moon.

In an instant, all the gold, jade and rare treasures in the treasury were eclipsed.

Ao Ya swam towards the dragon girl excitedly, wanting to jump into his sister's arms, but he passed directly through the dragon girl's body and hit the wall.

Zhang Jiuyang's heart sank.

"Zhang Jiuyang, you're here early."

Her voice was still so calm. Even though she was just an incarnation of the soul, she was able to talk to people.

"Who told you to lie to me? You said you were looking after my sister, but you were actually entrusting me with my orphan. No wonder you agreed to everything I said. It turns out you were planning to die and not fulfill your promise."

Zhang Jiuyang stepped forward and asked, "Ao Li, if you really consider me a friend, tell me where your true body is now? I can still save you!"

The golden mole on his palm contains the last magical power of the great monk, which can open an immortal golden body. Under the eighth realm, it is indestructible!
Even facing the Master of Painted Skin, he is confident that he can rescue Ao Li.

What he feared most was that the matter was done and Ao Li was already dead, so there was nothing he could do to save her. However, her soul incarnation was still there, so her real body should not be dead yet.

"Thanks, How about you."

Ao Li waved his sleeves, and something fell into Zhang Jiuyang's hands.

It was a crystal-like gem, which actually contained several pale blue lightning bolts that felt warm to the touch.

"I put the spring thunder in here."

After a pause, she explained: "Zhang Jiuyang, I didn't lie to you."

Zhang Jiuyang wanted to say something, but her figure gradually faded, as if she had completed all her missions and consumed all her strength.

He took one last look at his sister.

"Xiaoya, you have to listen to him——"

However, the last word "ne" was only uttered loudly and was ultimately not fully spoken.

Ao Li's figure completely disappeared.

Zhang Jiuyang's heart sank, this meant that Ao Li's real body was already very dangerous, so the power of his incarnation was so weak.

She deliberately left an incarnation to show that she did not lie, so that he would not be angry and would not resent Ao Ya.

The reason for choosing the Dragon Palace treasury instead of the bedroom was to tell Zhang Jiuyang that if he took care of Ao Ya, all these could be given to him.

However, Zhang Jiuyang did not even look at these rare treasures and treated them as worn-out shoes.

"Come ashore, let's go save your sister!"

His voice was firm. No matter what, he would try his best.

Ao Ya nodded vigorously and swam quickly to the shore with the two of them.

"Ali, release all the soldiers and search all over the mountains and plains."

"Ao Ya, you are most familiar with your sister's smell. Now smell it carefully and see if you can find her!"

Zhang Jiuyang sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his consciousness sinking into the Yellow Springs Order, communicating with the Moon Goddess.

"My dear, wait a moment, I am busy..."

"I can't wait. Tell me now, where is the Painted Skin Master?"

"I owe you a favor if I tell you, otherwise..."

Zhang Jiuyang's voice was cold, full of hostility and murderous intent.

"I'll kill you too."