From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 97 Mutation
Although it was only early morning, the sunshine in early May was already quite hot.

It was already daybreak. There had been a faint mist floating over the Qingshui River, but it had now completely dissipated, leaving only the reflection of the bright red light.

In front of the Yan family’s house, the bewitched people were gathered together in confusion to register their names.

The five monks' hands and feet had been crippled and they were now tied up tightly, with wooden sticks stuffed in their mouths and cloth covering their heads.

Meng Yuan stood by the river, looking at Sister Hua and her brother.

Then why couldn't Jie Kaiping send anyone else to pass the message, but had to ask Hua's sister and brother to do it? This was a naked threat.

The relationship between me and this pair of siblings is not very deep, but if I am willing, I can find it out.

It can be seen that Jie Kaiping really put his heart into it, and he also knew that he had entered the Demon Suppression Bureau, and that he would definitely come today.

But what is it that one is seeking? To avenge his father's death? Or for the rosary?

Meng Yuan pondered for a moment, looked at Sister Hua and her brother, and asked, "What else did he say to you?"

"That guy is very cultured, not as handsome as you, but not bad either." Seeing Meng Yuan ignoring her flirting, Sister Hua immediately changed her expression, wiped away her tears, and said, "I saw that I could get some money for free, so I thought it would be polite to serve him for free! Hey, he didn't sleep. Alas, honest people are not handsome, and handsome people are not honest..."

Seeing that Meng Yuan's face was getting worse, Sister Hua quickly said, "He advised me to go back to my old job."

A monk persuades a sister who has turned over a new leaf to return to her old ways?
Meng Yuan was a little confused, "What do you mean?"

"That guy is talking nonsense!" Sister Hua sneered, "He advised me to open the door to receive customers, but not to accept money, saying that it was to cultivate good karma and become a bodhisattva! That's bullshit! If I don't accept money, am I still a whore?"

"..." Meng Yuan rubbed his brows and said, "Go back and live a good life. Don't get involved in these things in the future."

"My benefactor," Sister Hua knelt on the ground again and said, "I see that you are very good at fighting. My brother has been selling tofu all his life but is still a loser. Can you help him out? Let him lead the horse or pour water. He is very clever!"

"Sister!" Seeing Meng Yuan didn't say anything, Hua's brother quickly pulled Hua's sleeve, then looked at Meng Yuan and whispered, "That man was very kind. He talked to my sister about grinding tofu, asked about the profit, and how many kilograms she could sell every day. Finally, my sister said that ten taels was too much, and she planned to return some. The man said that there was no need to return it, and simply said a few more words."

"What?" Meng Yuan became interested.

"He said that he gave you that thing as a gift, and also said that you, benefactor, have a heart to save people and the means to save people, and you should enter Buddhism." Sister Hua's brother said.

That thing is naturally the Buddhist beads.

But since Jie Kaiping wants to save himself and become a Buddha, the so-called cutting off of karma and cause and effect probably does not only refer to Jie Shen’s matter.

"Cut off karma and cause and effect. Does that mean I should stop as soon as possible, stop creating karma, avoid being tainted by cause and effect, and join the Buddhist sect?"

"I haven't slept with a woman, I haven't drunk enough wine, I haven't traveled through the world, and I'm not going to enter your mother's Buddhist sect!"

Meng Yuan pondered for a while, looked up at Madam Yan and others who were still unconscious, then looked at Sister Hua and said, "We'll talk about the future later. Go back and live your life in peace first!"

After saying this, Meng Yuan immediately went to find Zhang Guinian without waiting for Sister Hua and her brother to kneel down.

Zhang Guinian didn't make any moves today. When he saw Meng Yuan coming forward, he said, "Let's go help the old Taoist priest!"

"Wait a minute." Meng Yuan quickly pulled him back and said, "Something is wrong."

Zhang Guinian was not a reckless person. Hearing this, he became more serious and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The Peacock Elder behind Madam Yan should have untied his screen." Meng Yuan said.

"I guessed it, too." Zhang Guinian was slightly surprised, but not that surprised. He smiled and asked, "Did you kill Jie Shen? Old Nie said that you are steady and would kill him only after you reach the seventh rank. I didn't expect you to act so quickly!"

"How do you know that the screen belongs to Elder Peacock?" Meng Yuan asked curiously.

"We've received news from above that the prefect has been secretly monitored." Zhang Guinian smiled confidently.

"Which one?" Meng Yuan only felt that it was the message passed by the Third Miss.

"Someone sent by the Imperial Master." Zhang Guinian said in a low voice.

The Third Miss actually invited the Imperial Master to help? Meng Yuan was stunned, and felt that his loyalty to the Third Miss was unshakable.

"But we still have to be careful." Meng Yuan was very serious.

"Tell me about it." Zhang Guinian asked.

"Jie Kaiping asked the siblings to pass a message to me yesterday, which shows that he had already arranged today's events yesterday. But he also let Madam Yan show up, which was obviously unnecessary. Nothing was accomplished and his tracks were exposed in vain." Meng Yuan pointed at the Hua sister and brother in the distance, "Since he asked the siblings to pass the message, it means he expected us and me to come. It shows that he is bold and careful, and is quite capable of planning. How could he not know that we have helpers in secret? But he still showed up, maybe his plan has changed."

"You mean, we have helpers in secret, and he also has helpers?" Zhang Guinian understood immediately, "Or even that he was pretending when you angered him in the end? He just sent people to chase him."

"Not necessarily. He is the same monk as Venerable Dawei, both of them are crazy. But we must always be on guard against others." Meng Yuan said.

"Old Nie said that you are sometimes very cautious and sometimes very rough, which is true." Zhang Guinian smiled and patted Meng Yuan's shoulder, "Don't worry, we still have experts."

"Anything else?" Meng Yuan was surprised.

"This time we come here just to find out who Qing Guangzi is! Are the manpower ready?" Zhang Guinian smiled.

There was nothing more to say, so Meng Yuan said, "I'll go take a look too."

"Okay, let's go see the world." Zhang Guinian agreed, looked at Yang Huaiyi who was not far away, and said, "Old Yang, I will take the boys to chase Taoist Ke, you send those five evil monks back to the garrison!"

"Let Ling Feng take them back." Yang Huaiyi smiled and said, "Ling Feng has also made contributions. I have nothing to show for myself. If I go with you, I might be able to get some credit!"

As the chief flag officer, Yang Suozhi has always been a non-competitive person and listens to Zhang Guinian, so he seldom makes such requests.

Zhang Guinian naturally could not refuse the respect of such a subordinate, so he agreed immediately.

"Xiao Gong, Xiao Meng, follow! The rest of you, all stay!" Zhang Guinian didn't say anything more, nor did he ride a horse. He led his men straight to the forest in the northeast direction.

After walking a few miles forward, we saw some broken trees.

Looking further ahead, there was a faint green and yellow light in the green forest, clearly someone was fighting. "Don't get too close." Zhang Guinian had just finished speaking when he saw a man walking out from the locust tree.

The man was tall, wearing moon-white clothes, with his hands clasped together, a bald head, and no expression on his face.

Zhang Guinian didn't say a word, but just raised his sword and walked forward. There was a flash of light around him, and a bright light flashed on the sword.

When they were about seven or eight feet apart, Zhang Guinian swung his sword down.

This knife seemed to split the space open, and there was light of a cave in it, and then floating light fell like rain.

"I have a golden body, donors, please donate in vain." The White Ape Elder murmured, a faint Buddha light appeared on his body, and he pushed out a palm forward.

Countless streams of light poured down, but most of them were dispersed by that palm. The rest of the light fell on the golden body, but did not break the golden light at all. Only a few faint bloodstains appeared on the moon-white clothes.

Zhang Guinian's attack was ineffective. He was exhausted and his face was pale. He was swept by the golden palm wind and immediately vomited blood.

Although a seventh-rank warrior could forcefully kill a sixth-rank monk, that was a rare occurrence. At this moment, the difference in rank became apparent.

Moreover, Elder White Ape was born a monster and has a strong body.

"Brother Gong, go ask for reinforcements!"

"Brother Meng, go ask for help!"

Meng Yuan and Gong Zihua immediately drew their swords and stood in front of Zhang Guinian. They looked at each other and said no more.

"I..." Yang Huaiyi gritted his teeth, drew his sword and stood behind Zhang Guinian, "Old Zhang, where are the helpers?"

"Diligently cultivate precepts, concentration and wisdom, extinguish greed, anger and ignorance. The donor waved at me without saying a word..."

The White Ape Elder stopped talking before he finished and looked towards the forest on the left in astonishment.

Everyone looked over and saw a sword light rushing towards them from a hundred feet away.

The sword light was like a comet hitting the moon, breaking through layers of dense trees, and then driving countless green leaves, attacking with unmatched force.

For a moment, the White Ape Elder was stunned and unable to move, and the Buddha's light on his body slowly dissipated.

Meng Yuan held the knife in one hand and looked at the sword light.

But the sword light was so dazzling, like a rainbow piercing the sun, and no one knew who had emitted it.

Moreover, Meng Yuan felt as if his whole body was frozen. He could not move his hands and feet at all, not even by mobilizing his internal energy.

Looking at Yang Huaiyi and Gong Zihua again, they were both trembling with fear, and the knives in their hands fell to the ground.

The target of the man who drew the sword was clearly the White Ape Elder, but he was able to affect the people around him as well, which shows how powerful this man is.

"It's a divine power as powerful as a prison!" Zhang Guinian was still very knowledgeable, "Our people are here."

Before Meng Yuan could feel relieved, he saw the White Ape Elder trembling all over, and then his white clothes tore apart, revealing his original appearance.

"All things are impermanent, and all dharmas have no self!" The white ape was covered in Buddha's light. He put his hands together and murmured, "All-conceived things are created equal."

As the white ape spoke, his body seemed to grow several times larger, and the Buddha's light on his body became more and more dazzling. He was surrounded by the Buddha's light, like a real Buddha.

The sword light that was attacking from afar suddenly lost half of its power.

When the sword light came closer, there was no light left.

The white ape laughed wildly and stretched out its huge palm forward, trying to break the sword.

But when the sword light came closer, it burst out with tremendous power, and instantly broke the Buddha's light on the white ape's body, and also completely crushed its left arm and left chest.

The sword struck successfully and then retreated thirty steps away like the wind. It was obvious that this person was also afraid of the White Ape Elder.

The feeling of confinement on Meng Yuan's body had disappeared. When he looked around, he saw a handsome and cold-faced young man holding a sword in his hand.

The man had a thin and straight waist, black hair with a jade hairpin, and a very cold temperament.

Although this person was wearing men's clothing, she was clearly a woman. In Qing Country, it was very fashionable for women to wear men's clothing when going out.

"Peacock!" The white ape's body was torn into pieces, with his back against a big tree, his internal organs hanging and bleeding profusely.

"A big fish has indeed arrived!" Jie Kaiping walked out from the tung tree behind the white ape, put his hands together, and said with a gentle smile: "Amitabha, it is not easy for the donor to come from afar, can I treat you to a vegetarian meal?"

"Where is Ke Qiuxian?" the woman asked.

"Don't worry, Brother Ke is among the Bodhi leaves." He untied the screen, clasped his hands together and smiled.

The woman remained silent, and the sword in her hand was suddenly covered with jade-like light, like a torch.

"Amitabha." Jie Kaiping was not in a hurry at all. He even had time to bow to Zhang Guinian and said, "The Floating Light Cave Heaven of the Demon Suppression Division is really beautiful, but it's a pity that it's just like a dream bubble."

He smiled and clasped his hands together towards Meng Yuan, saying, "Mr. Meng, are you willing to join my Buddhist sect?"

"Fuck your mother." Meng Yuan said.

"Then let my mother come next time. She loves handsome young men the most." Jie Kaiping bowed his head politely.

"..." Meng Yuan had learned many strange swear words from Nie Yannian, but at this moment he was completely unable to continue the conversation.

"Okay!" Zhang Guinian's face was pale, and there was blood on the corners of his mouth, but he still had something to say, "Xiao Meng, you're going to be a father!"

It's already this late, why don't you take advantage of me? How come all the people who are close to Nie Yannian behave like this!
"Then you are the grandfather." Meng Yuan said.

(End of this chapter)