Chapter 436: Immortals Do Not Descend in Vain

"They ran away!"

The fox stared at the bottom without blinking.

"I saw it."

"I'm going to bite that monster to death!"

"There are so many monsters in the sea; can you bite them all?"

"I can bite them all! Bite them slowly!"

"But we won't stay here forever."

"That's right! Then what should we do?"

"No hurry..."

Lin Jue shook his head and closed his eyes.

Then he continued to sit here.

The sea wind did not stop, but instead grew stronger.

Not long after, the strong wind tore the white clouds in the sky to pieces, and used the clouds and mist as ink, painting the sky messily. The original blue sky thus turned into a gloomy one, full of messy dark clouds everywhere.

"It's the end of summer..."

Lin Jue calculated the time.

Summer is naturally rainy, and the last month of summer is even more so. The interior often has continuous heavy rains, and mountain torrents are frequent. By the seaside, large wind waves and storms are prone to appear.

Although this sea *yaoguai* is large and looks scary, its cultivation is not high; it just easily grows large.

Of course, cultivation does not represent ability.

Having a large body and great strength is also an ability.

It is just that the cultivation is not high, so it has fewer magical powers.

If the soldiers brought by that general were numerous enough, used strategies cleverly, lured it far away from the sea, set traps cleverly, and trapped it, plus fire oil, poison, giant hooks, and throwing spears, it might not be impossible to kill it.

But these soldiers ran away, missing the best time to kill it head-on.

It was exactly as he expected afterward—

This wind did not stop, but instead became more manic and noisy.

By night, the wind had become extremely large, almost able to blow people away, rolling up a thousand layers of sea waves, with foam like snow. It not only submerged the coastal beach but also frantically crashed against the stone walls under E'tou Mountain.

The sound of the wind was deafening, and the sound of the waves was like thunder.

The spiritual aura of heaven and earth also became manic and changeable.

Cultivation is nothing more than perceiving heaven and earth. Heaven and earth always have spiritual aura, changing infinitely. Lin Jue sat here, happening to meet this time, naturally watching this magnificent seaside scene he had never seen before, and also carefully perceiving the mystery of the changes in heaven and earth at this moment, experiencing this manic power of heaven and earth nature.

"Rumble..."

Thunder descended in layers in the distance, as if carrying the power of destroying the world, splitting heaven and earth.

The giant turtle was also frightened and hid in the seabed.

It was truly a good season.

There was both manic strong wind and ten thousand tons of thunder.

It was not that there was only wind and thunder here at this time.

It was just that Lin Jue had quite an accomplishment in the way of wind. From the initial calling of wind, to the *gang* wind, to the returning wind, to the *wuju* (unrestrained) technique, he was constantly deepening his perception of wind. At this time and scene, in his heart, the most clearly felt was naturally the manic strong wind between heaven and earth.

Thunder was intentional.

Two years ago, when Lin Jue was in the capital, he once regretted that although he possessed the thunder-calling method and wanted to use it to perceive more fierce and powerful thunder power and comprehend more profound thunder methods, because it was already past midsummer, there were very few thunderbolts between heaven and earth for him to contemplate and perceive, so he had to shelve it.

Last year, he was perceiving the spiritual aura of Nanshan and had no opportunity to experience the thunder of midsummer.

This midsummer, he happened to be by the sea.

The storms and thunder at sea are even better than in the interior!

He couldn't care about anything else.

There are three thousand Daoist methods in heaven and earth; take what you should take, and don't take what you shouldn't.

Naturally, there was no morning glow today.

There hadn't been one for five days.

And during these five days, that giant turtle had been wandering around here and had not gone far. The soldiers eliminating monsters in the city did not come to eliminate monsters at this time, only sending one or two scouts to come and look at it every day.

Five days later, the wind and waves subsided somewhat.

Lin Jue saw that the general and soldiers came again.

This time they brought more soldiers and carried more things.

That giant turtle was quietly lying on the beach. After the sea waves receded, it was like a small hill.

Just when Lin Jue thought those soldiers had finally made enough preparations and intended to come to eliminate the monster, he saw them see this giant turtle from afar, and without even coming up to test it, they avoided it again.

After about half an hour, Lin Jue discovered that they had gone around to the back of E'tou Mountain and were climbing the mountain.

Not long after, a faint smell of incense drifted from behind.

The fox stood up on its hind legs, stretched its neck, and looked at that side with a serious face.

Those soldiers were actually worshiping gods on the mountain.

The position where they worshiped gods was only a few dozen steps away from Lin Jue, but the grass and trees on the top of the mountain were very deep, and Lin Jue sat cross-legged on the outer side near the cliff. They didn't walk over, so they didn't see him.

Lin Jue heard their voices.

"Lord Yili, please be above. At this moment, that monster is on the beach under the mountain. Please descend divine thunder and split it to death!

"Yili Shenjun Grandpa! The King of Yue gave me a death order. There are still ten days left. If I can't eliminate this monster, my head will be cut off. Please descend divine power and help me!

"Yili Shenjun, save me! Please, Yili Shenjun, save me!"

Lin Jue remembered that when he climbed the mountain, he did see a small temple behind, and there was also a god statue inside.

However, he remembered that it was not the god statue of Lord Yili at all. It was the god statue of Lord Yuru, who was also one of the Three Sages of the South.

This person is interesting...

With only ten days left before his head was cut off, he not only handed over all his life and family to the gods, but he also worshiped the wrong god.

Naturally, the gods did not respond.

The general begged for a long time, only to leave in disappointment.

"Military advisor, what should we do?"

"General, don't panic! Perhaps it's just that you worshiped the wrong god! This giant turtle has been wandering on this coast for these few days. It has never been like this before. There must be divine help in the dark!"

The group of people walked down the mountain slowly, still avoiding the giant turtle.

By the next day, the storm had intensified.

This general actually came again.

This time he brought more offerings and still came to worship gods, but changed to worship a local sea god.

!

As expected, there was still no response.

It was just that this time, one thing was different—

A soldier walked a few more steps toward the top of the mountain unintentionally and discovered Lin Jue sitting on the top of the mountain.

"General! There is a Daoist sitting over there!"

The soldier immediately ran back and reported to the general.

A Daoist?

The general and the military advisor went over to look, and sure enough, there was a Daoist sitting on the very edge of E'tou Mountain near the cliff, motionless, not knowing how long he had been sitting.

A fox accompanied him.

Seeing that he had quite a bit of immortal aura, and thinking carefully, he also felt that in such a storm, with a great monster lurking below, an ordinary Daoist would probably not come to sit on this mountain top. Not to mention that his Daoist robes were extraordinary, and even the fox beside him looked somewhat miraculous, so the general hurriedly stepped forward to bow, and opened his mouth to call him an Immortal.

The Daoist was very helpless, shaking his head and saying that he was not an Immortal, just a Daoist practitioner.

"How long has the Daoist been here?"

"More than half a month."

"More than half a month!" The general was shocked again in his heart, "Then the things we have done these days, haven't you seen them all, Daoist?"

"Exactly."

The general had some insights in his heart.

Beside him, the military advisor gave him a look.

The general understood and immediately arched his hands: "Even if the Daoist is not an Immortal, you must be a high-level person. May I ask the Daoist's name?"

"My name is Fang Jue, courtesy name Wuzhi."

"I am Yang Hongyi, the garrison general of Mirage County. I was ordered by the King of Yue to eliminate the monster below, but we have never had a way to eliminate the monster. I came to ask for gods and worship gods, but the gods have never responded." The general bowed respectfully to him, his face showing anxiety. "May I ask the Daoist to give me instruction: how can I make the gods willing to eliminate this monster?"

"How can the General have no way to eliminate the monster?"

"Ah? Please instruct me."

"The General is wearing armor, hanging a precious sword at your waist, looking extremely majestic. Your subordinates are many elite soldiers, all wearing armor and carrying sharp weapons, and you have brought fire oil, poison, giant hooks, and throwing spears. Aren't these all ways to eliminate monsters?"

Lin Jue said, pausing, and shaking his head:

"As for the gods in the General's mouth... I don't know if the General has heard a sentence?"

"What sentence?"

"Immortals do not descend in vain; they come to help according to the fortune."

"How, how to interpret?"

The general's face could not help but twitch.

"Although the gods have the duty of subduing demons and eliminating monsters, the world is in chaos now, and *yaoguai* and ghosts appear everywhere, frequently making trouble. If every one of them relied on the gods to do it themselves and descend to eliminate monsters, then even if the number of gods above the Nine Heavens were doubled, they wouldn't necessarily be able to handle it in a short time."

Lin Jue did not say whether the gods were willing to eliminate monsters at this time, only treating all gods as very diligent:

"Take this place, for example. It is close to the seaside, and there are countless sea *yaoguai*. Taking advantage of the troubled times, they come ashore one after another, emerging one after another. How can they all rely on the True Lords and gods to eliminate them? If the General is not willing to exert any effort and places all expectations on the gods, the General is not a famous general or a famous minister. How many gods will take such care of the General? It will only be sitting and watching the monsters harm people, and finally having your head cut off."

As soon as the words fell, a personal guard beside the general scolded:

"Bold! Where did this demon Daoist come from, daring to speak to our General like this?"

The general immediately turned his head and scolded him:

"Be respectful!"

When he turned his head back, he already revealed a bitter smile: "What the Daoist said also has some truth, but that monster is as big as a hill; how can we mortals deal with it?"

"That monster is indeed not easy to deal with, but it is not entirely without a way. If it were ordinary commoners, seeing it terrifying, they would turn and run, which I can understand. But the General eats the bowl of rice of fighting, and it is originally to fight with your life. Especially in this day and age, it should be even more so. Not to mention that there is a death order from above now. If the General still doesn't dare to fight it, I am somewhat puzzled." Lin Jue said, "And until now, the General has actually missed two good opportunities to fight the monster."

"Two?"

"One was the sunny weather before, and the other was the storm subsiding yesterday." Lin Jue said, "Hearing what the General said, there are only ten days left now. It seems the General is going to fight for your life in the storm."

"This..."

Once the general heard this, how could he not understand? It must have been that this Daoist arrived here some days ago, which is why he lured this monster here to let them fight.

"Please, Daoist, give me instruction!"

"I already said, there is no instruction. There are too many monsters in the troubled times, and even the Immortals are too busy to handle them, not to mention a small Daoist like me? To keep the world peaceful, it still requires many martial artists with abilities and courage like the General to do it." Lin Jue said, but paused, "If the General is willing to fight, I have an object that I can lend to the General."

Lin Jue flipped his hand and took out an object.

The general immediately stepped forward respectfully, carefully received it, and saw it was a wooden ball the size of a pigeon egg, with patterns on it, not knowing what it was for.

"General, keep it on your person and go to eliminate the monster. It may be helpful. After eliminating the monster, you must remember to return it to me."

After the Daoist finished speaking, he closed his eyes.

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