Chapter 492: The Difference Between a Pack Horse and a White Dragon

"And what about the other one?"

"They say he has been hiding in the cellar since last night. It rained all morning, and he didn't dare to come out. As soon as it cleared up at noon, he ran to a cave in the mountains to hide!"

"The cave on the mountain behind?"

"Yes! No matter how powerful the God of Thunder is, lightning can't strike into the cave!"

"..."

Lin Jue followed the direction the woman pointed and took a look at the mountain in the distance.

The fox, which had turned into a white dog, turned its head to look with him when it saw this.

This was a vast mountain range with many villages and terraced fields connected together. If counted carefully, it was several dozen miles in radius. There were terraced fields several dozen miles away, but they were not so concentrated, and they did not have the height difference and magnificence of this mountain range.

Because the closer to the top of the mountain, the steeper the slope, the smaller the place, the less soil, and the more mountain rocks, the higher the difficulty of reclaiming terraced fields and the lower the benefit, so large areas of forest covered the top of the mountain, with only some terraced fields in the corners. A few families were hidden between the clouds, mist, and forests deep in the mountain gullies. At this time, half of this mountain was green, and half was hidden in the clouds.

Lin Jue took a step and walked along the road in the village.

Mushroom-like houses were scattered, peach blossoms and pear blossoms were scattered by the rain, spread on the dark and wet stone slabs, looking extremely quiet.

Occasionally there was a burst of raindrops, occasionally a burst of discussion.

The person and the fox walked higher and higher, heading into the mountains.

"You find that cave!" The fox said very firmly, as if specifically showing off its cleverness.

"Yes..."

"Do you know where it is?"

"Don't know."

"I'll help you ask!"

"It will scare people."

"I'll turn into that person from yesterday and help you ask!"

"Then you'll scare people to death." Lin Jue shook his head and said, "Look slowly, the scenery is good anyway."

Walking to a high place, the terraced fields of the mountain were in full view.

Looking down, they had actually walked too far.

Below, there were a few short and thin men, holding things like carrying poles and hoes, gathered in front of a cave in the mountain, shouting and scolding for him to come out.

There was an echo in the mountain cave, and it was very far away.

He did not know if that rogue was truly brave, or if the mountain cave was deep and dark, but they did not dare to go in and look for him.

Lin Jue raised his head to look again. The layered clouds in the sky were complex, white and gray, changing and moving due to the heavenly wind. From time to time, they sprinkled a burst of rain, and from time to time, they revealed a dark corner, with low rolling thunder vaguely heard.

Lin Jue simply walked to a higher place.

The fox followed him.

He could vaguely feel the spiritual rhyme above his head.

Lin Jue had also comprehended the thunder of heaven and earth and had comprehended the thunder method himself, so he naturally felt it clearly.

That was the violent and fierce spiritual rhyme of thunder. Even if hidden behind the clouds, he could vaguely feel a few points of oppression. In addition, there were actually a few points of righteousness and willpower.

"Sure enough..."

This was not the work of a god, but the strangeness of this dark cloud.

Looking at the world, there were many rumors about "people who kill, set fires, and commit unfilial acts will be struck by lightning". In Lin Jue's view, most were stories intentionally spread in the mortal world, and the purpose was the same as most immortal, monster, and ghost stories, nothing more than persuading people to be kind and deterring evil people. For the few that were true, either a god did it to promote such stories and clear up social customs, or a high-ranking person with cultivation did it, also nothing more than seeing injustice and punishing evil to warn future generations. Heaven and earth would not strike lightning on a person just because they killed, set fires, or were unfilial.

However, heaven and earth have their own rules.

For example, the spiritual rhyme of the world is infinitely profound. All things in heaven and earth, whether spiritual leaders or beasts, grass, trees, or mountain stones, and even ethereal things like clouds and mist, can attain spirit.

There is even a saying that "much fog produces ghosts, much cloud produces gods".

Also, willpower and thoughts can build the Great Dao of incense and produce gods all over the sky, proving that the power of the human heart cannot be underestimated.

In short, for some reason, a dark cloud that had attained profound mystery and strangeness appeared here, and it followed the local stories and legends, came along the hearts of the people, and was guided by righteousness to come here to eliminate evil people.

"The clouds of Yunzhou are truly extraordinary."

Lin Jue looked up and muttered to himself.

It was just that all things in heaven and earth generate and restrain each other. This is the profound principle of the Great Dao. Not to mention that this cloud only attained wisdom and strangeness, and the thunder it descended was not considered powerful. Even if it were a hundred times more powerful, unless it descended the kind of heaven-shaking thunder Lin Jue saw while meditating on the forehead mountain in the East Sea, or the ten thousand jun of divine thunder when the True Lords Husheng and Baosheng eliminated the Queen Mother of the West, it would be very difficult to strike into the winding and deep mountain cave.

The sea accepts all rivers, and the earth carries all things.

Let's go and help it...

"You go into the cave and ask that person if he is truly as the villagers said, a rogue who starved his own old father and mother to death and beat the neighbor who came to persuade him to death." Lin Jue turned to the fox and said, "If he says it's true himself, then ask him to come out of the cave."

"Why!"

The fox turned its head and asked back.

"You are a bit more powerful..."

"Oh!"

The rebellion was so short-lived. The fox responded seriously, turned into a clear breeze, and blew the mountain forest grass and trees downward.

Those people were still cursing at the cave entrance:

"What kind of guts do you have? You dare to starve your parents to death, you dare to beat people in front of so many people, why don't you dare to come out now?"

"It's useless if you don't come out! You'll starve to death inside!"

"Come out quickly!"

Just at this moment, they suddenly heard some wind.

A clear breeze seemed to pass through them and headed into the cave, feeling cool.

"Hiss..."

Everyone shivered.

Strange things happened—

Not long after, some gibberish sounds rang out in the cave. Because the mountain cave was very deep, the sound was also vague, so they could not hear it clearly, only feeling that the rogue seemed to be possessed.

After a while, a loud shout suddenly came from inside.

"Ah!!"

It seemed to be terrified to the extreme.

"Many Yaoguai..."

Footsteps accompanied by echoes ran over quickly from far to near.

The people outside the mountain cave were also scared.

Some ran while looking back, only to see a person with a tall stature, wearing blue cloth clothes, holding an earthen bow and a curved knife, running out of the cave like crazy, his face full of terror.

Just as he ran out of the mountain cave, there was a peal of thunder.

Boom! A spring thunder!

The person's body stiffened, leaning forward by inertia, and he fell to the ground, emitting green smoke and not moving.

"Boom! Boom!"

The heavens struck two more.

The fleeing people then reacted. This thunder was specifically to strike this unfilial person.

And looking at the cave at this time, it was quiet, and there was nothing.

Another clear breeze blew toward the sky.

Where did the monster come from?

I fear it was only an immortal.

At the same time, high up in the mountain.

"Travel slowly!"

The clear breeze blew away the layered clouds and rain clouds, revealing a dark, oppressive dark cloud in the sky, with thunder flashing inside, giving people a feeling of extreme oppression.

That cloud was kept by him, floating in the air, unable to leave.

"My surname is Lin, given name Jue, Dao name Lin Fangjue. I cultivate at Mount Yishan and attained the Dao in the capital. Since I started cultivating the Dao, I have eliminated many monsters and demons."

Lin Jue said frankly, besides magical power and skill, he also had his own righteousness:

"I know you have spirit and strangeness, so I ask you to stay."

The dark cloud rolled, with lightning and thunder, possessing a terrifying momentum.

"At this time, the mortal world is becoming more and more chaotic. I don't know if the imperial court below the mountain has perished. Even if it has, there is still the struggle between the North and South. After it is decided, there will be bandits and rebels all over the ground to be pacified, and it will take time to recuperate. There will definitely be many treacherous people and monsters taking advantage of this to make trouble. Although I cultivate in the mountains, I also have the intention to add some peace to the world."

"Since you also eliminate evil for the people, why not join me?"

"By then, you will continue to eliminate evil, and I will add more spiritual rhyme for you to help increase your momentum, and order my disciples to find treacherous people and evil people for you, and even monsters and ghosts, to assist you. Isn't that just right?"

The Daoist looked up at the sky, and although he used the spell to pick clouds, he slowly dispersed the spell.

"You are a divine cloud with merit, I will not force you to stay."

"If you are unwilling, leave now."

The cloud was changed by the wind. I don't know if it could understand his words, or if it was guided by his righteousness of eliminating demons and evil, or if it was stopped by him earlier, but it was stuck in place and did not leave at this time.

So the Daoist on the mountain top pinched the formula and cast the spell—

"Come..."

As the dark cloud surged and rolled, it actually slowly descended.

While descending, it was also shrinking. Originally, it did not know how big it was in the sky, fearing it could resist a mountain top. Now, after descending, when it was level with the Daoist, it was only two zhang long and one zhang wide.

A fox stood beside it, but turned its head to look into the distance.

Only to see that on the opposite side of the mountain, there was another shorter mountain, and a dark and thin girl, wearing local clothing, leading a water buffalo, stood there, looking over in a daze.

The Daoist took a step forward and stepped onto the dark cloud.

The dark cloud rolled and was not very stable.

"Boom..."

If there was thunder, it came, and the feet were also shaking.

The fox was startled by the thunder, so it also jumped up.

"Travel..."

The dark cloud slowly rose, and the world below gradually shrank.

In this way, it maintained a relative stability.

Until it passed through the layered clouds above its head and stepped on the connected clouds, at this time, only the complete blue sky and a scorching sun remained above its head.

"Boom!"

A thunder rang, and the dark cloud was as fast as lightning, flying rapidly toward the distance.

The person and the fox above had been used to the white clouds and mountain mist that drifted with the wind. Where had they ever sat on such a divine cloud? Suddenly, they could almost not stand still. The Daoist's body leaned backward, and the fox lowered its body and grabbed the clouds and mist it was stepping on.

Whether it was the sea of clouds or the mountain top under its feet, they all retreated rapidly.

Coming back to his senses, the fox was still surprised, but the Daoist laughed loudly.

With this divine cloud, one day is more than a thousand or ten thousand miles?

I fear that even the East Sea and the Western Regions can be circled a few times!

Compared to the ordinary clouds and mist before, it is truly the difference between a pack horse and a white dragon.

"Please go to the left..."

The dark cloud dragged a long tail, carrying electric light, and drew a huge arc in the rolling white clouds, not knowing how many mountain tops in the mortal world it circled.

The bodies of the person and the fox on the cloud were both tilted. ===== CHAPTER 493 =====

Coming back to his senses, the fox was still surprised, but the Daoist laughed out loud.

With this divine cloud, one could travel more than a thousand or ten thousand li in a single day.

I fear one could even circle the East Sea and the Western Regions several times!

Compared to the ordinary clouds and mist from before, it was truly the difference between a pack horse and a white dragon.

"Please head to the left..."

The dark cloud dragged a long tail, carrying electric light, and swept a huge arc through the rolling white clouds, not knowing how many mountain peaks in the human world it had circled.

The person and the fox on the cloud were both tilted to one side.