Strange Stories

Chapter 495 The Difference Between the Slave Horse and the White Dragon
"What about another one?"

"He said he had been hiding in the cellar since last night. It was raining all morning and he didn't dare to come out. As soon as the weather cleared up at noon, he ran to hide in a cave on the mountain!"

"This cave on the mountain behind?"

"Yes! No matter how powerful the Thunder God is, his thunder can't reach the cave!"

"..."

Lin Jue followed the direction of the woman's finger and looked towards the mountains in the distance.

Seeing this, the fox that had turned into a white dog turned around and looked over.

This is a big mountain with many villages and terraced fields. If you count them carefully, there are terraced fields in a radius of dozens of miles. There are also terraced fields dozens of miles away, but they are not so concentrated, and there is no height difference and grandeur like this mountain.

There are several hills near this village. The closer to the top of the hill, the steeper the slope, the smaller the space, the less soil, and the more rocks. It is more difficult to cultivate terraces and the less benefit you will get. Therefore, the top of the hills are covered with large tracts of woods, and only some terraces are in the corners. A few families are hidden among the cloud forests deep in the ravine. At this time, half of the mountain is green and half is hidden in the clouds.

Lin Jue took a step forward and walked along the road in the village.

The mushroom-like houses are scattered in an orderly manner. The peach and pear blossoms, which have been blown down by the rain, appear extremely quiet when laid on the dark, wet stone slabs.

Occasionally there are raindrops and occasional discussions.

The man and the fox walked higher and higher into the mountains.

"Look for that cave!" the fox said confidently, as if he was showing off his cleverness.

"yes……"

"Do you know where it is?"

"do not know."

"I'll ask for you!"

“It’ll scare people.”

"I'll become the person from yesterday and ask for you!"

"Then you'll scare people terribly." Lin Jue shook his head and said, "Just take your time looking for it. The scenery is good anyway."

When you reach a high point, you can have a panoramic view of the mountain terraces.

I looked down and found that I had actually passed.

There were a few short and thin men below, holding carrying poles and hoes and other things, gathered in front of a cave in the mountain, shouting and cursing at him to come out.

There was an echo in the cave from far away.

They didn't know whether the ruffian was really brave or the cave was deep and dark, but they didn't dare to go in to look for him.

Lin Jue looked up again——

The clouds in the sky were a motley mass of white and grey, changing and moving with the wind. From time to time, raindrops fell, and from time to time a black corner appeared, and there was a faint sound of low thunder.

Lin Jue simply went to a higher place.

The fox followed him.

You can faintly feel the spiritual charm above your head.

Lin Jue had also felt the thunder of heaven and earth, and had figured out the thunder method himself, so he naturally felt it clearly.

It was the violent and fierce spirit of thunder. Even though it was hidden behind the clouds, one could faintly feel a sense of oppression. In addition, there was also a bit of righteousness and willpower.

"really……"

This was not the work of the gods, but the strangeness of this dark cloud.

Looking at the world, there are many rumors about "people who commit murder, arson and rebellion will be struck by lightning". In Lin Jue's opinion, most of them are stories spread intentionally by humans, and the purpose is the same as most stories about gods, demons and ghosts, which is nothing more than persuading people to be good and deterring evil people. The few that are true are either done by gods to promote such stories and rumors and to purify social customs, or they are done by masters of Taoism, who are nothing more than seeing injustice and punishing evil and promoting good and warning future generations. The natural world will not strike a person with thunder just because he commits murder, arson and rebellion.

But the world has its own rules.

It is like the spiritual charm of the world, mysterious and infinite. All things in the heaven and earth, whether primates or beasts, plants or rocks, even ethereal things like clouds and mist, can be spiritual.

There is even a saying that "too much fog gives birth to ghosts, and too much clouds gives birth to gods."

It is also like that the power of wishes and thoughts can build a road of incense and give birth to gods in the sky, proving that the power of human heart cannot be underestimated.

In short, for some unknown reason, a dark cloud with mysterious and magical powers appeared here. It followed the local stories and legends, came here along the will of the people, and was guided by the righteous energy to kill the evildoers.

"The clouds in Yunzhou are indeed extraordinary."

Lin Jue looked up and couldn't help muttering to himself.

It's just that everything in the world is mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining, which is the mysterious principle of the Tao. Not to mention that this cloud was just born with intelligence and supernatural powers, the thunder it brought down was not very powerful. Even if it was a hundred times more powerful, unless it brought down the shocking thunder that Lin Jue had seen while meditating on the Eminence Mountain in the East China Sea, or the thunder of the mighty force that the Protector of Saint Baosheng Zhenjun used to kill the Queen Mother of the East, it would be difficult to hit the inner part of the winding and deep cave.

The sea embraces all rivers, and the earth carries all things.

So go help it...

"Go to the cave and ask the man if he is really as the villagers say, a scoundrel who starved his parents to death and beat to death the neighbors who came to persuade him." Lin Jue turned to the fox and said, "If he says it is true, ask him to come out of the cave."

"Why!"

The fox turned around and asked back.

"You are better..."

"Oh!"

The rebellion was so short-lived that the fox responded solemnly and turned into a breeze, blowing the grass and trees in the mountains and forests downwards.

Those people were still cursing at the entrance of the cave:
"What kind of person are you? You dared your parents to starve to death, and you dared to beat people in front of so many people. Why don't you dare to come out now?"

"If you don't come out, we'll light a fire at the door and suffocate you to death! We'll also have people block the other exits!"

"It's no use not coming out! You'll starve to death in there!"

But only a faint echo came from inside:
"Come in if you dare!"

Immediately afterwards, an earth arrow was shot out.

Everyone was frightened and stepped back.

"You damned bastard, just wait, you can't escape, God will take you away sooner or later!"

"Your brother is dead, how can you run away?"

"Come out quickly!"

At this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of wind. It seemed that a cool breeze passed through them and went into the cave.

"hiss……"

Everyone shuddered.

A strange thing happened -

Before long, some gibberish voices were heard in the cave. Because the cave was very deep, the voices were vague and could not be heard clearly. It only felt like the scoundrel was possessed by an evil spirit.

After a while, a loud shout was suddenly heard from inside.

"what!!"

It seemed like fear had reached its extreme.

"monster……"

The footsteps, accompanied by echoes, quickly came closer and closer.

Everyone outside the cave was terrified.

Someone was running and looking, and saw a tall man in blue cloth, holding a bow and a curved knife, running towards him like crazy with a terrified look on his face.

As soon as I ran out of the cave, there was a thunder.

Boom! Spring thunder!

The man's body suddenly straightened, and he moved forward by inertia, then fell to the ground, smoking and standing still.

"Boom! Boom!"

There were two more strikes from the sky.

The people who were fleeing finally realized that the thunder was specially sent to strike this rebellious person.

But looking at the cave at this time, it was quiet and there was nothing in it.

Another gust of breeze blew up to the sky.

Where did the monster come from?
I'm afraid it's only gods.

……

Meanwhile, high up in the mountains.

"Wait a minute!"

The breeze blew away the layers of rain clouds, revealing a dark cloud in the sky, with faint flashes of lightning inside, giving people an extremely depressing feeling.

The cloud was kept by him, floating in the sky, unable to leave.

"My surname is Lin and my given name is Jue. My Taoist name is Lin Fangjue. I practiced Taoism in Yishan Mountain and became a Taoist in the capital. Since I started practicing Taoism, I have killed many demons and monsters."

Lin Jue said frankly that in addition to his magical powers, he also had a righteous spirit:
"I know you have a spirit and special powers, so please stay."

The dark clouds rolled in, lightning flashed and thunder roared, with a terrifying power.

"At this time, the world is becoming more and more chaotic. I don't know if the imperial court down there has fallen. Even if it has, there is still the dispute between the north and the south. After it is settled, there will be bandits and thieves all over the place to be suppressed, and we will have to slowly recuperate. There will definitely be many villains and demons taking advantage of this to cause chaos. Although I am cultivating in the mountains, I also want to bring some peace to the world.

"Since you are also a man who fights evil, why don't you join me?
"When the time comes, you will continue to eliminate evil and wickedness, and I will add more spiritual charm to you to boost your power. Then I will order my disciples to find evil people, evil people, and even demons and monsters for you to assist you. Isn't that just right?"

The Taoist looked up at the sky. Although he used the magic of gathering clouds, the magic slowly dissipated.

“You are a virtuous divine cloud, I will not force you to stay.

"If you don't want to, just leave."

The cloud was moved by the wind. It was not known whether it understood his words, or was attracted by his righteous spirit of exorcising demons and eliminating evil, or perhaps it was frozen in place because he had stopped it earlier, and did not leave at this time.

So the Taoist on the top of the mountain made a gesture and cast a spell -

"Come……"

As the dark clouds rolled and surged, they slowly descended.

As it descended, it was also shrinking. Originally, it was unknown how big it was in the sky, perhaps as big as a mountain top. But now after it descended, when it was level with the Taoist, it was only about two zhang long and more than ten zhang wide.

A fox stood nearby, but turned its head and looked into the distance.

I saw that there was a shorter mountain opposite the top of the mountain. There was a thin and dark girl wearing local clothes, leading a buffalo and standing there, looking over here blankly.

The Taoist took a step forward and stepped onto the dark cloud.

The dark clouds are rolling and not very stable.

"Rumble..."

There was a faint sound of thunder, and the ground under my feet was shaking.

The fox was startled by the thunder and jumped up as well.

"Let's go..."

The dark clouds slowly rose higher, and the world below gradually shrank.

This keeps it relatively stable.

Until it passed through the layers of clouds above its head and stepped on the clouds, then there was only the blue sky and the scorching sun above its head.

"boom!"

There was a sound of thunder, and dark clouds flew away quickly like lightning.

The man and the fox above were used to sitting on the white clouds and mountain mist that floated with the wind, but had never sat on such a magical cloud. All of a sudden, they could hardly stand steadily. The Taoist leaned backwards, while the fox crouched down and held on to the clouds and mist.

The sea of ​​clouds and the mountain tops beneath my feet were rapidly receding.

After coming back to his senses, the fox was still surprised, but the Taoist was laughing.

With such divine clouds, how can one travel more than a thousand miles in a day?
I'm afraid that the East China Sea and the Western Regions can also make a few circles!
Compared with the original ordinary clouds and mist, it is really like the difference between a slow horse and a white dragon.

"Please go to the left..."

The dark cloud dragged a long tail with lightning, and drew a huge arc in the rolling white clouds, circling several mountain peaks on earth.

The man and the fox on the cloud both tilted their bodies.

(End of this chapter)