Chapter 514: Warning

Thunderbolts descended one after another, doors opened one by one, the shocking thunder was reflected in the South Lake, and soldiers and bandits fled in panic beside the Moon Swamp.

The people in Heng Village were originally praying for divine protection, and heaven opened its eyes. There were also those who knew that True Person Lin in the capital was acquainted with the main family in the village, calling out the name of that more real immortal. But when thunder descended from the rolling dark clouds in the sky, they still couldn't help but stare blankly, unable to believe it.

Coming back to their senses, they were filled with gratitude, bowing and thanking repeatedly.

The soldiers and bandits were even more unable to believe it.

People in the world all said that doing unrighteous things would lead to being struck by heaven's thunder, and it was rumored elsewhere that True Person Lin would bring down thunder to strike people, but who would have thought it was actually true?

Was there really an immortal manifesting? Was there really heavenly thunder punishing evil?

"Third Third Shixiong, that's enough."

The Xiao Xiao Shimei stood by his side, holding her sword, and said.

The thunderclouds also stopped.

This divine thundercloud had such miraculous properties and was born from this; it knew how many heinous people were below even more clearly than Lin Jue.

At this moment, Lin Jue reached out and beckoned—

"Come here!"

A phantom shadow below transformed into spiritual light, arrived in the sky, and instantly condensed into a human figure.

Once the figure saw him, it was shocked and begged for mercy repeatedly:

"True Person, spare my life! Spare my life!"

This person was burly and had a face full of flesh; it was precisely that Captain.

"You are already dead, how can you speak of sparing your life?" Lin Jue said, "I ask and you answer; speak honestly, and you can ensure your soul doesn't scatter!"

"Ah?"

The Captain looked down and saw that he was already standing on the clouds ten thousand *zhang* high. His legs went weak. Seeing that his body had become semi-transparent, he was even more scared, his face turning pale. If it weren't for the fact that he had no sweat, he would have been drenched in cold sweat, soaking his clothes and armor.

"Looting money here is one thing, but why kill, commit arson, and bully the people?"

"This..."

The Captain was terrified and couldn't answer, so he could only beg for mercy repeatedly.

"True Person, spare my life! Spare my life!"

The Captain, who had been showing off his power and acting fiercely below just a moment ago, now faced an immortal, and all his ferocity and strength seemed as void and fleeting as flowers in a mirror or the moon in water; he only knelt and kowtowed repeatedly.

Not daring to answer was also a kind of answer.

Because the answer was too unbearable.

Lin Jue was too lazy to force him further.

In this day and age, there was no belief in the army, especially among the low-level soldiers, who were themselves people suffering from the rise and fall of the world. Since the rise and fall of the world had little to do with them, they naturally wouldn't risk their lives for the peace of the world. Not to mention that there was little difference between the army and bandits; in fact, many armies were originally bandits in the mountains, and became armies once they were recruited.

Just like True Person Lin, at this moment, he could only say "Looting money here is one thing," and it was difficult to guarantee that the army wouldn't loot.

That was something only a saint could do.

"Who gave the order?"

"The, the General..."

"Where is your General? What is his name?"

"This..."

"No great righteousness, but small righteousness." Lin Jue snorted coldly, "But this is not a secret; if you don't say it, do you think I don't know?"

"Reporting to the True Person, my General is surnamed Tian, named Yao, and is thirty *li* to the north."

"Go to reincarnation." Lin Jue waved his hand, "The underworld will judge your merits and demerits. The one who struck you dead is Lin Fangjue. If you are dissatisfied that I struck you dead because you did evil, you are welcome to go to the Nine Heavens to report me."

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!"

The Captain lowered his head and said so, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

The Daoist waved his hand, and he drifted away with the wind.

Lin Jue then looked down—

There were no more torches in the village below, but the fire in that ancestral hall was burning vigorously. The remaining soldiers and bandits had already fled to the distance, becoming scattered stars of light.

Lin Jue saw many Heng Village people bowing to the sky. Some were thirty or forty years old—perhaps when he first came here, they were still youths. Some were twenty or thirty—when he first came here, they should have been children. There were also a few fifty or sixty years old, who might have been middle-aged people he brushed past back then.

An old man wearing fine clothes, leaning on a cane, was still standing in the same place, looking up at the sky with a pair of turbid eyes that couldn't see clearly at all. His appearance was vaguely familiar.

It was precisely the current head of the Heng Village family.

It seems Old Mr. Wang has indeed passed away...

Lin Jue knew he couldn't see him, but he also looked at him.

This person should have been a middle-aged man he had seen when he returned to visit Old Mr. Wang back then. Now that he was old, he had quite a bit of the demeanor and integrity of Old Mr. Wang back then. Perhaps in these ten *li* and eight villages, he had also become another virtuous and highly esteemed Old Mr. Wang.

What is true strength?

It doesn't lie in how high the martial power is, nor in the armor worn on the body or the saber and sword held in the hand; it is precisely this kind of not fearing blades, ghosts, or gods, and not fearing people stronger than oneself.

That Captain was clearly not that.

"Hoo..."

Lin Jue lowered his head and exhaled.

A clear breeze came from the east, and the raging fire ignited in the ancestral hall was easily extinguished, leaving only a wave of white smoke rising on the charred beams and pillars, drifting away with the wind.

The boundless dark clouds in the sky rapidly shrank and moved away, and a bright moon reappeared, outlining the silhouette of the thunderclouds that were moving away.

"Let's go!"

Lin Jue didn't hesitate and went to Shu Village again.

Those soldiers and bandits had just arrived at Shu Village, just crossed that eight-pillar bridge pavilion, and were about to kick open the door of the first household at the village entrance. The villagers were awakened by the sound and opened their windows in a panic to check, when they suddenly heard a rolling thunder sound.

Both sides looked up and were shocked at the same time.

Only to see under the moonlight, a mass of dark clouds suddenly spread out, expanding who knows how many *li*, with thunder and lightning inside.

"Rumble..."

Lightning descended, still punishing the chief evil and the great evil.

As for that General, Lin Jue naturally didn't go soft.

Just as Lin Jue said to the Divine Thundercloud, punish evil and promote good, and also warn other armies.

If one didn't know about such things, that would be one thing, but if one knew and still sat idly by, that would truly be a shame to the Divine Thundercloud beneath his feet, and a shame to what he said when he subdued the Divine Thundercloud back then.

Only a moment later, in the camp in the distance—

The General was drinking amidst singing and dancing, waiting for good news from his subordinates, when suddenly a shocking thunderbolt pierced through the camp and struck right on top of the General's head.

The singing and dancing suddenly froze, then turned into a flurry of screams and panic.

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Those singing girls and dancing women were all pale with fright, ran out of the camp, and told the people outside:

"The General was struck dead by thunder!"

The personal guards went in to look and were all shocked.

The military advisor and clerk followed in and were also terrified.

They also heard a voice faintly coming from the sky:

"The one who brings down thunder to strike people is Lin Fangjue. If there is any more looting of money and killing of people, once I know, I will definitely punish without mercy!"

Hearing the voice, the crowd looked up one after another.

On the clouds in the sky, there was indeed a figure.

The advisor and clerk, in addition to their terror, also had a faint feeling—

This matter was big.

The Captain and soldiers being struck dead by thunder was a small matter; countless people were struck dead by thunder every year. But if they were struck dead by an immortal, and the immortal even left words, it had the capital to be passed down as a story. And a real-power general leading an army to fight being struck dead by thunder was a big matter in itself. If he was also punished and struck dead by an immortal, it would not only spread rapidly in all directions, but it might also be something worthy of a sentence in history books.

It was feared that they would also be implicated.

At this moment, the two and the fox were still standing on the clouds.

The fox poked its head out, looking down.

"Third Third Shixiong has caused quite a stir again." The Xiao Xiao Shimei's face remained calm, "Perhaps when we return to Qinzhou, we will be able to hear about Third Third Shixiong's actions in the capital again."

"That's perfect; such things need to be spread further!" Lin Jue said, "I hope that after it spreads, it can make the soldiers and bandits all over the land restrain themselves a bit."

"The cause and effect involved is not small."

"I am not a divine being."

Such things were inconvenient for divine beings to do, because divine beings were constrained by heavenly laws, but as long as an immortal was bold enough, it was possible.

"If Third Third Shixiong wants to use this to warn others, he still needs to inform Lord Luo."

"That's right."

Lin Jue also nodded.

He didn't know what Lord Luo thought about this, but anyway, such things should be told to him, so that he could take the opportunity to restrain the expeditionary army.

"Since we've arrived in Huizhou, tomorrow we'll go to Langtou Mountain to visit our old friend the Mountain God, and ask for a bottle of Thousand-Day Wine to take to see him." Lin Jue looked down at the distant village and said to the fox, "Fuyao, drive a cloud back to the mountains and bring me six fruits."

"There are only seven fruits left!"

The fox frowned, somewhat reluctant.

"Isn't that perfect?" Lin Jue said, "You can eat one on the way to quench your thirst and satisfy your cravings."

"!"

Fuyao's expression froze.

It clearly didn't mean that, but it seemed to understand the Daoist's meaning.

"They will grow again."

The Daoist patted its head again.

"Ying..."

The fox shook its head, jumped forward, and a huge dark cloud split into one, carrying it as it flew away rapidly.

"Back then, it was thousands of *li* away; now we come and go as we please." The Xiao Xiao Shimei said, her eyes shining.

"The Xiao Xiao Shimei can do it too."

"When I achieve the truth and attain the Dao, I will also seek a spiritual cloud."

"Then the Xiao Xiao Shimei might find it hard to find a divine cloud like Fellow Daoist Thundercloud; why not use mine?"

"I want to seek a five-colored auspicious cloud."

"..."

Lin Jue pondered achieving the truth and attaining the Dao, dragon whiskers and phoenix feathers, and shook his head: "Since we've arrived in Huizhou, I want to go meet some old friends and relatives; what about the Xiao Xiao Shimei?"

"I'll just go to Fuqiu Peak and wait for Third Third Shixiong."

"That's fine! I also have things to ask Third Shixiong Yi Li; if I'm passing by, I'll be too lazy to use the *fuji* method."

Lin Jue nodded.

The female Daoist transformed into a swan and flew away.

The Daoist rode the cloud and descended to the mortal realm.

Tonight, Shu Village had already been awakened, and no one was asleep.

The original house had been expanded a bit.

The uncle and aunt were both advanced in age, their hair white. Because Lin Jue had gifted them spiritual liquid, they were still healthy, without illness or pain.

The cousin and his wife had also become middle-aged.

Even their children had grown into youths.

Candlelight shadows were reflected on the windows.

The youth only felt that the village was lively today, with many people clamoring, and many people gathered outside their door. However, his grandfather, grandmother, and father didn't go out to entertain guests; only his mother went out to respond, and she returned home quickly. It was as if there were other guests in the house, and they were chatting in the room, with voices of conversation, chatting until late at night and dawn.

The old man of Heng Village fell asleep in the early morning and also had a dream.

In the dream, his old friend was already an immortal, coming to ask him when his late father had passed away, and how it happened.