Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

The heavy rain pounded on people, bringing waves of pain but also bringing them to their senses.

One after another, bluestones were piled up in the original location of the embankment.

The moment the bluestone was piled up, the next second the river rushed up, and the roaring waves washed away the newly piled stones.

Further afield, logs several meters long were swept downstream by the waves, crashing violently against both banks of the river.

The water level is still rising, from above the feet to above the knees, and now it has reached the waist.

Every hour, the river water rose higher and higher. The people of Pingluo County and the villagers of "Sin Village" tried their best but could not stop the roaring river. They had to retreat again and again until they reached the last line of defense made of wood and stone.

Several hours passed, and most of them were exhausted. They could only rely on their last bit of willpower to continue transporting bricks and stones back and forth to build the last line of defense.

After several hours of hard work, the people of Pingluo County changed their opinion of the people from Zuicun Village. They would lend a helping hand from time to time to prevent people from being swept away by the waves.

Even so, the surging river water would still occasionally sweep people from the riverbank into the middle of the river, where they would disappear in the surging waves.

Zhuangzi saw all of this.

So far, he hasn't moved, but has simply stood with the magistrate of Pingle County, watching everything that is happening.

Qin Xiucai didn't move either. He leaned against a big tree, motionless, as if he was resting with his eyes closed.

If you look closely, you can see a small blue worm slowly wriggling in his palm.

Wan Shu stood with Su Xiaoyu at a higher position. The girl's eyes were red, tears mixed with rain, and she held Wan Shu's hand tightly.

The location where the old magistrate and Zhuang Sheng were situated.

"Master Zhuang, judging from the current situation, a great flood could come at any moment. We really can't wait any longer."

We have no way of knowing what the situation is upstream. The flood can come anytime, and when it does, none of the people left here will escape!

Qin Huai, the old magistrate of Pingluo County, shouted loudly to Zhuang Sheng. The rain was too heavy and the noise was too loud. The old magistrate was old and his hearing was not good. He could not hear Zhuang Sheng if he spoke softly.

Under the old magistrate's gaze, Zhuang Sheng first nodded, then shook his head.

"What the old man said is very true, but if we leave now, the flood will wash away the dead and injured, and the number of casualties will probably be in the millions."

The old magistrate frowned and asked bluntly, "This is a natural disaster, beyond human control, so how can you blame us? Master Zhuang, do you have any other solutions?"

As always, he nodded first and then shook his head. Zhuang Sheng looked at the roaring Changjiang River with an expression as calm as could be.

"Man can conquer nature; we must fight to the death."

A simple sentence made the old magistrate so anxious that he pulled out a handful of hair from his beard. He glared at Zhuang Sheng and said angrily.

"Are you crazy? Can't you see how big the water is?"

The dam that took all night to build was washed away by the river in an instant. So many people worked desperately for a whole day and night, but it was all for naught.

Many people, including residents of Pingluo County and villagers in your village, were swept away by the river, and their bodies could not be recovered.

If this continues, and a major flood occurs, none of the people here will be able to escape!

What's the point of staying here? What's the point besides throwing our lives away?

I am the magistrate of Pingluo County. Everyone calls me "Master," so naturally I have to be responsible to them!

"I don't care what you think, I'm going to take the people of Pingluo County with me!"

Faced with the magistrate's angry questioning, Zhuang Sheng remained calm. He watched the river rise higher and higher, and watched one person after another being swept away by the river and swallowed into the heart of the river by accident.

After about ten breaths, Zhuang Sheng suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the village of Zuicun and the county of Pingle, and let out a long sigh.

"Let's wait a bit longer; the other side isn't any safer than here."

"What do you mean by that? What do you mean the other side isn't safe either?" The old magistrate was clearly getting anxious and grabbed Zhuang Sheng by the collar.

Zhuang Sheng did not resist, letting the old magistrate's hand grip his neck. He looked in the direction of Ping Le County and sighed.

"The rain is too heavy; this is a once-in-hundred-years rainstorm."

Pingluo County is mountainous, which can protect it from the floods of the Changjiang River, but it cannot escape flash floods and mudslides.

There is a small lake on the mountain west of Zui Village and Wen Village. Just now, both villages were flooded by flash floods.

Even if people from the county town wanted to go up the mountain, it would be very difficult to do so given the current environment.

It would be better to stay in the county seat. Pingluo County is relatively less susceptible to flash floods, and it should be able to hold out for several more hours.

As soon as he finished speaking, the old magistrate loosened his grip on Zhuang Sheng's collar, staggered back a few steps, and sat down on the ground with a thud.

The old county magistrate, an ordinary man, stared blankly in the direction of Pingluo County, but could not see anything due to the torrential rain.

"It's over, it's all over, everyone has to die..."

Zhuang Sheng remained silent, but quietly helped the old magistrate to his feet.

The magistrate of Pingluo County was a rigid old man who had offended someone and served as the magistrate of Pingluo County for thirty years. He was a little greedy but not too wicked and treated the local people well.

In Daqi, a place known for its competition of who is worse than whom, the old county magistrate could even be considered a good official.

"Water that is too clear has no fish," a point that Zhuangzi understood very well.

Nowhere in the world can be considered absolutely clean. Even in Qishan Road, there are corrupt officials, it's just a matter of degree.

The old magistrate did live up to his conscience.

Although the old magistrate had many prejudices against the "criminal village," from Zhuang Sheng's perspective, the old magistrate was not a bad person, and his actions were only to protect the people of Pingluo County.

Putting himself in Zhuang Sheng's shoes, he felt that if he were the head of a county, and there was a village on the outskirts of the county town that was a gathering place for murderers, robbers, bandits, thieves, etc., he would also be on high alert.

If Mu An, now revered as the Five Elements True Lord, were here, the entire "Sin Village" would likely be awash in blood on the very first day.

Under the bewildered gaze of the old magistrate, Zhuang Sheng straightened up and looked towards the distant mountains.

Under the cover of layers of rain, teams were heading towards the location of the Great Harmony Book from different directions.

Looking at the familiar figures one by one, Zhuang Sheng finally showed a slight smile.

"They're here."

"What's here?"

Zhuangzi smiled but did not answer. Instead, he mobilized all his strength, aroused his literary will, and made the light of the Book of Great Harmony shine even brighter.

The next instant, a series of sounds came from all directions.

"Yunmo, a student of the Datong School from Shangyun County, Changzhou, has come to lend a helping hand to the Master!"

"Qin Fei, a student of the Datong Dao sect from Bai'an County, Changzhou, has arrived with thirty-six fellow disciples to offer assistance!"

"Wan Qingshan, a student of Datongdao Academy, led forty-six students from Linggang County, Changzhou, to manage the floods!"

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