Boom boom boom—
Dull thunder rolled over the dark clouds. Electric snakes danced wildly in the clouds, striking down flashes of lightning. The surface of the lake constantly reflected a bluish-white light that flashed all around.
Lu Liangsheng shook off the ink on the wolf hair brush, put on the seal bag, and under the old man's gaze, he flicked his wide sleeves, and two steaming teacups appeared in his palms. He then handed one of them over.
"I heard from the local land god that you have been practicing in Jinhu Lake for 1,200 years. There are temples in every village by the lake. You must have done a lot of good things... Let's drink tea and talk while we drink."
The scholar smiled and raised his hand, then took a sip himself. The old man, who had lived for so long, would not easily let down his guard against the scholar's sudden change of tone. The fragrance of tea wafted through his nose, his beard fluttered, and a low, hoarse voice came out of his lips.
"What a powerful illusion! I have lived for 1,200 years, but this is the first time I have seen an illusion so realistic. It is rare, rare."
The old man said "rare" twice, clenched his fist, and crushed the cup into pieces, which turned into stars and dissipated. "I'm afraid it will be difficult to see such a mysterious illusion in the future."
"Your Excellency, speaking like this, I think you have threatened the people of Lake Shore many times."
Lu Liangsheng was very experienced, so he ignored the threatening words and looked at the other person with a smile, holding the teacup.
"Or do you feel that your own power has suddenly increased recently, and you feel confident?"
On the opposite side, Lao Long frowned and narrowed his eyes, subconsciously reaching out to touch his waist and ribs which were still burning with pain. Halfway through his hand, he suddenly put it down, raised his head and laughed out loud.
"Haha... hahaha... you are very eloquent, but this lake is my land, and Wutong God is my servant. To use your human words, you have to look at the owner before beating the dog. Now you are even going to demolish my temple. Who is so fearless?"
"The land of the lower world is the land of the human world, so naturally the emperor of the human world has the final say. You are worshipped by the people of the human world, so naturally you should also be under the jurisdiction of the emperor of the human world!"
Lu Liangsheng didn't bother to be polite with him. He held up his teacup and stood up with one hand behind his back. "The dragon has gained enlightenment and protected the people here. It's natural that he can have incense in the temple. But the Five Gods are just five demons. They have your protection and do whatever they want. You give money to the villagers, but secretly rape other people's wives and daughters and corrupt morality. That day, a Taoist monk killed the Five Gods, and you chased him for revenge. Can you tell right from wrong?"
The strong wind swayed the willows, and the dead leaves floated past the scholar's face. In an instant, Lu Liangsheng turned around and his voice rose at the same time.
“… You are simply receiving incense from the world and building temples in vain. If our master doesn’t tear down your temple, whose temple will he tear down?!”
When he said this, he paused for a moment and said, "It's just the right time to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys!"
boom!
Suddenly, there was a loud thunderclap, and a streak of electric snake twisted wildly, striking down from the clouds and colliding with a bolt of lightning falling from above the Golden Lake. The blue-white electric light rushed across the sky and the people's vision was all white.
Several men and women hiding in the pavilion covered their eyes and cried out in pain. Jin Huaian, who was more than ten feet away from Lu Liangsheng, was so scared that he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands. His ears were filled with a continuous buzzing tinnitus. In the distance, a slender figure looked at the two entangled electric snakes in the sky in panic, and ran towards the weak scholar under the willow tree, pulled him up, and dragged him away.
The woman named Xia Gu dragged him to the side of the road and shouted, "Mr. Jin, go ahead, don't hide here!"
The lake in the distance.
The old donkey crawling on the ground looked excitedly at the lightning and thunder above his head, the bookshelf on his hip, the small door opened, and the Toad Taoist was standing at the door yawning.
"What's all the fuss?"
The old dragon who was confronting Lu Liangsheng over there sensed a demonic aura and glanced over there with the corner of his eye. His eyes opened unconsciously. The toad standing at the small door was also stunned for a moment, and the two webbed feet that were touching its belly were folded behind its back. He nodded slightly with a solemn expression and snorted softly.
"Hmph... little demon."
Purple Star Demonic Dao!!
Why is he here?!
King Jinlong suppressed his suspicion and looked back at the scholar. "Master, you really don't want to stop. I have protected the people of this lake for many years. Even if you want to demolish my temple and destroy my foundation, that is the will of heaven!"
On the opposite side, Lu Liangsheng blew on the tea leaves floating in the cup.
"You fool the villagers and protect evil spirits. This country's teacher must take care of it!"
"Okay, then I have nothing to say to the Imperial Master."
"please!"
Feeling that two Dragon King Temples along the shore of Jinhu Lake had been demolished by the Taoist and Yuwen Chengdu, Lu Liangsheng felt more at ease. He dissolved the cup in his hand and flicked his finger in the direction of the city, isolating this side.
On the opposite side, the old man also stood up from the stone bench, with his back to the lake. The waves on the surface became turbulent, with waves and whirlpools rolling up. His hands hung on both sides and gradually curved into claws. While gathering his magic power, he instinctively glanced at the bookshelf over there.
The short figure also glanced sideways, raised its toad mouth to reveal a hint of sneer, stretched out its webbed feet to grab the purple gold gourd, carried it on its back, slightly opened its toad mouth, and licked its lips with a long scarlet tongue.
The old dragon was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the familiar tongue and the gourd covered with black lines, and the sharp claws in his hands, he immediately dissipated his magic power, frowned, and subconsciously took a step back, raising his hands to his chest in a defensive posture.
'It's really him...'
The next moment, he stopped talking to Lu Liangsheng, turned around and jumped up, turning into a long white light, rushing to the lake, splashing up waves several feet high with a bang. The splashing water was wrapped by the wind and fell to the pavilion not far away, splashing several people with water stains.
"Ah... What was that light just now?!"
"It's that old man, the one who was talking to the scholar who was painting."
"That scholar... I'm afraid he's not a monster, right?"
Amid the shouts and exclamations of men and women in the pavilion, Lu Liangsheng, standing under the willow trees, looked at the surging waves on the lake for a moment. He reached out and grabbed the brush on the inkstone. He took off the cover and wrote seal characters in the air at the Jinhu scenery painting on the easel.
"town!"
The whole painting was instantly filled with divine light. On the vast lake in front of them, the undulating waves and ripples vaguely printed a huge word "Zhen"...
…
Beneath the surging water surface, the water is surging, fish are swimming in panic, water plants growing in the mud and rock cracks are swaying randomly, and among the misty water, there is a crystal clear building deep at the bottom of the lake.
The white light that flew across the bottom of the water fell into it, and instantly turned into a slender and winding body, circling around the Dragon Resting Platform. The densely packed dark blue dragon scales were covered with burns that had not yet healed. When they were moved at this moment, he felt unprecedented pain.
'The old toad... and that scholar... the imperial master... I haven't heard of the existence of an imperial master for many years...'
As it squirmed, it became more and more angry the more it thought about it, and in its dragon eyes, the bright yellow light began to glow red. At this time, there were only three of the Five Gods hiding in the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the lake. When they saw the old dragon on the Dragon Terrace, they all poked their heads out.
"What can we do? Your Majesty can't do anything about them."
"… Why don't we just run away from here? Let's go hide in the mountains in the northwest for a while, wait until that scholar outside dies, and then we can come back."
"When chaos breaks out, we'll take the opportunity to escape!"
As the three demons were talking, their feet suddenly became unstable and they stumbled and huddled together. Over there, the old dragon on the Dragon Terrace raised its head, and with its red eyes it looked up at the shimmering lake above. A majestic aura pressed down on it.
"You've bullied me too much!!"
The red light in his eyes became brighter and brighter. He endured the burning pain, dug with his four claws, swam in the water with his long body, and snaked upwards. The surface of the lake exploded with a bang, and dragon power surged around his body. He passed through the waves and hung above the water. His dragon whiskers danced around his mouth, and he stared at the scholar on the lakeshore ferociously.
However, the next second.
Lu Liangsheng drew a line on the painting with the brush in his hand, and the details of the golden lake hidden in the painting appeared. Five array points that had been set up in advance by the Taoist priest lit up in the painting and around the real lake.
There was a rattling sound of iron chains.
Five pitch-black afterimages rushed out from the magic circle and instantly tied up the dragon shadow floating above the lake, locking the limbs and tail of the dragon. At the front end of the twisting black shadow, a snake head appeared, biting the dragon scales.
"Hoo-ang-"
The wind and waves were strong, the forest was shaking wildly, and above the Golden Lake, a slender figure was struggling and twisting while dragging a rope snake, letting out a shrill roar.