The sword flashed across the lake surface which was covered with white mist.
The buzzing sound of "ding" turned into a dragon's roar, and the sword tip cut through the dancing dragon's whiskers, carrying the magic light to touch the dragon's head that was protecting his daughter.
Bang!
The tip of the sword pressed against the dragon scales, with a clanging sound of metal clashing and sparks jumping up. The scales burst, and blood splattered in all directions. The huge neck twisted, and the dragon head groaned miserably.
“Roar~~”
The huge body wrapped around the slim woman with a beard, deviated in direction, and fell heavily to the lakeshore with a trail of blood. There was a loud bang, and the forest below was crushed. Willow trees broke and fell, stirring up countless smoke and dust.
At this moment, the moment the dragon fell to the ground, three black gasses broke through the water on the lake, raising a demonic wind and flying towards the northwest.
In mid-air, with his black hair dancing, Lu Liangsheng slowly descended to the ground. Both sides of the lightly hanging sword were covered with a layer of white frost, and white mist was lingering, shaking with a buzzing sound.
Pu Du Ci Hang's voice rang out from inside: "I am freezing to death... cold, cold, cold..."
The scholar shook the sword to make it shut up. When he turned around, he saw the Taoist holding his head and slowly standing up. The men and women over at the pavilion fainted out of fright.
"Old Sun, three evil spirits just flew away. Take Yuwen Chengdu with you and subdue them!"
Immediately, holding a sword in one hand, he walked towards the long shadow crawling on the opposite side of the lake. The dragon head hanging on the ground half closed its eyes. The dragon's life was too strong to be killed by a single sword. The scholar who was walking towards it was reflected in its eyes. The old dragon rubbed the soil and tilted his head to look at the middle of his long body.
"Clouds..."
The scales twisted against the long body, revealing the woman who was being protected. She was not injured at all, but was startled by the sword just now. Her chest heaved violently. When she came to her senses, she saw her father in front of her. She hurried to the dragon head and said anxiously, "Father, how are you?"
Seeing that the scales close to the neck behind the dragon's head were broken and blood was gushing out, he used his magical power to attach his hand to press on the wound. However, there was still sword energy on the wound, and as soon as his hand got close, several fine cracks appeared on the palm of his hand, and bright red blood oozed out.
"How could this happen... Father, tell Yunxia how to save you."
Sensing someone approaching, Xia Gu instinctively turned around and protected her father behind her. Tears flashed in her eyes and she gritted her teeth and tried to make a ferocious expression.
"Don't come over here!"
"Xia-gu!!"
Jin Huaian rushed out of the woods, rushed past the easel and stumbled over here. Yunxia turned her eyes away and shouted at him, "You are not allowed to come over here either!!"
The wind blew up from the lake, bringing with it an icy chill as it blew across Lu Liangsheng's fluttering robes. He glanced at the scholar who was running towards him, then held Yue Long's arm and swung it. Jin Huaian fell with a bang as if he had hit a wall, and squatted down, covering his nose. He suddenly thought of the current situation, and without caring about the blood stains, he knelt on the ground.
"Mr. Lu, please don't hurt Aunt Xia... Whether she is a demon or a ghost, I am not afraid of her. Please let her go, let her family go. I will kowtow to you and give you the title of immortal in the future..."
The wind blew his sleeves. Lu Liangsheng looked at the scholar who was bowing and kowtowing, then turned his gaze to the huge dragon head opposite him that was several feet taller than the woman. He raised his arm, and the sword tip reflected a cold light across his chest, and his fingertips lightly flicked it.
Buzz~~
The sword body hummed softly and trembled slightly.
The woman opposite couldn't help but tremble. She suppressed her fear and raised her hands to emit a magical light. "I... I'm not afraid of you! I won't let you hurt my father!"
The voice was trembling, yet clear and loud.
Seeing the scholar with the magic sword across his chest, he tilted the long sword in his hand, and the scabbard hanging on the bookshelf on the back of the old donkey crawling in the distance flew over, and the sword body was put into it neatly.
The old donkey shook its long ears and tilted its head in confusion. The Toad Taoist sitting on it patted it with his flipper: "Don't move."
The toad's bean-sized eyes watched everything that happened over there without blinking, stroking its flat chin.
"Believe it or not, if my daughter saves her father now, my good-for-nothing apprentice might stop doing that later."
Hum, ah, hum, ah~~
The old donkey nodded in agreement. There was another snap on his forehead, and the Toad Taoist retracted his flippers: "I told you not to move!"
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Click—
Yue Long returned the sword to its sheath and dropped it from Lu Liangsheng's hand to his side. He looked at the woman with a shocked expression and the old dragon behind him, and his voice was flat and gentle, floating in the wind.
"You were still able to protect your daughter at this critical moment, which shows that your good nature is still there. Cultivation is not easy. My master came here not to kill you or destroy your cultivation."
The Golden Lake Dragon King, with half of his body still in the lake, slowly straightened his neck and raised his dragon head, "So you came here just for Wutongshen? For revenge on me for chasing that Taoist priest before?!"
Due to the other party's high level of cultivation and many spells that restrained him in every way, and also because the evil star's aura had receded from his body, the old dragon crawling on the shore was not as easily angered as before.
Lu Liangsheng did not rush to answer, but held up his palm, and a stream of fresh air blew out from his mouth and nose. A ray of crimson flew out, landed on the palm of his hand, and condensed into a ball of light that glowed red.
"Does the Dragon King recognize this thing?"
On the other side, the dragon eyes that were slightly raised shrank for a moment, and nodded hesitantly: "I recognize it. Two years ago, this thing fell from the sky and landed in my Dragon Palace at the bottom of the lake. I took it back so that I could collect treasures. Who would have thought that it would greatly increase my Taoism? I kept it with me day and night, and slowly the fragment merged into my body...hiss...Now that I think about it, I have been impetuous and easily angry in the past two years. It turns out that it is related."
After a moment, the words stopped, and the old dragon raised a puff of smoke and transformed into the appearance of an old man. He covered his injured shoulder and neck, and reached out to embrace his daughter who was blocking the way in front of him.
"Yunxia, I've wronged you in the past two years. Just stop here and don't do anything unnecessary."
"Father!"
Regardless of the woman's obstruction, the old man walked to the front and looked at Lu Liangsheng, with a smile between his beard: "Master, go ahead, I am willing to be punished!"
At this time, the Taoist priest and Yuwen Chengdu who had gone far away had returned. The sound of galloping horses came here. Several cavalrymen raised their hands and threw three things to the ground. They rolled a few times and stopped. They turned out to be a giant python, a green horse, and a yellow dog.
Everyone dismounted, knelt on one knee, raised their hands and shouted in unison: "Reporting to the Imperial Master, with the help of Taoist Sun, we have shot and killed these three monsters!"
"Um."
Lu Liangsheng leaned over and examined the corpses of the three monsters. The woman who was protecting the old man nervously clutched the corners of her clothes, looking at the corpses on the ground. She subconsciously wanted to cover her father behind her, but the old woman shook her head to stop her.
"Yunxia, no."
At this time, Lu Liangsheng stood up and looked over, his eyes fell on the father and daughter, and spoke with a cold expression.
"As the Dragon King of Jinhu Lake, you should enjoy the incense temple and sacrifice. You should have performed your duty to protect the people here from harm by evil spirits. However, you gathered evil spirits and allowed the temple to fool the villagers, allowing these evil spirits to seduce evil women. You have committed a great fault. However, considering that you have practiced here for a thousand years and have never harmed anyone, your good nature is still there. This country master has decided to take your dragon tendon and imprison you at the bottom of the lake for five hundred years. When the term is up, come find me and redeem your dragon tendon. Will you plead guilty?"
Long Jin and Yunxia's face turned pale. When they turned around, the old man beside them had walked to the front and knelt on the ground facing the scholar.
"Golden Lake Dragon King, I am willing to confess my sins!"
The kneeling figure suddenly glowed with light, and a long shadow flew out of the body from the back. Lu Liangsheng shook his wide sleeves and put the shadow into his sleeves. He shifted his gaze away from the old dragon who was so weak that he was shaking constantly, held the sword behind his back, turned around, and strode towards the easel.
The sound is also coming.
"Xia Gu, you are a member of the Golden Lake Dragon King's family. You should not be punished for your father's crime, but you are implicated. While your father is being punished, you must stay here on his behalf, do good deeds, and protect the villagers. You must not leave without permission."
When the woman helped her father to get up, she heard the words and reacted. Tears welled up in her eyes. She supported the old man and knelt down. She looked at the figure that was walking away with a group of people and bowed her head gently.
"Yunxia, thank you for your mercy, Mr.