Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 621 Demonic Aura Soars to the Sky
With a detached look, he said slowly, "He doesn't even take the initiative to do good deeds and accumulate virtue; he's beyond redemption."

Wang Shou's forehead was covered in cold sweat, fearing that the other party's Buddhist light would refine him into nothingness.

Wang Shou hurriedly said, "I am wholeheartedly devoted to good deeds, please give me a chance, Master!"

Wang Shou knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Wang Shou suddenly realized that the pressure on his body had disappeared.

She secretly glanced up and found that there was no one in front of her.

After carefully observing the situation again, Wang Shou finally breathed a sigh of relief and shakily got up from the ground.

Wang Shou was still shaken, thinking that it was truly an unlucky year, as such a powerful figure had come to supervise his implementation of some benevolent policies.

Isn't it absurd to implement benevolent governance in a place like the Northern Regions?

However, Wang Shou had no way to refuse. Might makes right, and he had already accepted money. There was no way to reason with his master.

"Guards! Guards! Where have you all gone?!"

……

With painstaking efforts and a show of force, Wang Shou led his men to work with remarkable efficiency.

In Beiyu City, a series of government decrees were quickly issued.

For example, it prohibits the capture of people as slaves, the buying and selling of people, and the feeding of demons...

Even among the demon race, certain battles are strictly prohibited.

Wang Shou even personally led his demon guards to shut down some illegal businesses in the city.

Many families were unaware of the situation. Not only the demon race, but even some humans were confused and didn't understand what Wang Shou was up to.

Not to mention the various bans, they also gathered up displaced people and wanted to build charitable halls and schools.
Good heavens! Lord Huaijun is a monstrous demon who eats people without spitting out the bones. Are you, Wang Shou, going to rebel against Heaven?

Faced with the doubts of the crowd, Wang Shou truly did not know how to explain.

However, he wasn't without options; by distributing some money, many families shut up...

The voices of doubt immediately decreased significantly.

Having served as the city lord of Beiyu City for so long, Wang Shou has gained some prestige.

Even though people didn't understand Wang Shou's actions, no one actually stood up to directly oppose him.

No one even considered reporting it to Lord Huai, since not everyone was qualified to meet such a powerful figure.

Many families felt that Wang Shou's antics would pass quickly, since many of the prohibitions he issued were too outrageous to be truly enforced.

Not only did these families think this way, but Wang Shou himself also thought so.

He felt that once Lu Zheng and the others left the Northern Region, those rules and regulations would naturally become obsolete.

However, no one could have imagined that this was just the beginning.

……

Xu Ying and her group did not stay in Beiyu City for long before bidding farewell to Lu Zheng and continuing their business to other demon cities.

Ku Xin always followed Lu Zheng around, wanting to discuss Buddhism with him.

But Lu Zheng was busy with his own affairs and didn't talk about Buddhism at all.

Despite his best efforts, he could only be patient and couldn't force any Buddhist teachings from Lu Zheng.

He wasn't stupid. Judging from Lu Zheng's indifferent attitude towards him, Ku Xin knew that this young man was extraordinary and also a person who kept his true abilities hidden.

Lu Zheng stayed in the city for a few days and saw that some of the government's policies were beginning to take effect, so he went to say goodbye to his shrewd advisor.

"I'm going to Qinghuai Mountain to attend Huaijun's birthday banquet. Master, please wait for me here."

Qinghuai Mountain is where Huaijun has been practicing his cultivation for many years, and this birthday banquet will also be held in the mountain.

"What? You're going to that monster's birthday banquet?"

Looking intently at Lu Zheng, thinking he had misheard, he asked, "What are you going to do?"

Ku Xin couldn't understand why a human cultivator practicing cultivation would go and join in the festivities of a great demon's birthday banquet. At such a banquet, demons, ghosts, evil cultivators, and heretics could gather in droves, weren't they afraid?

Was it conspicuous in the past?

Lu Zheng said, "Let's go broaden our horizons."

Ku Xin couldn't help but say, "To broaden your horizons, you probably can't even climb a mountain. It's best not to go to those evil places."

Lu Zheng reached into his hand and showed an invitation.

Ku Xin stared wide-eyed, puzzled, and asked, "You even have an invitation? Where did you get it? You can't just buy something like that, can you?"

Lu Zheng said, "A demon sent this thing all the way to me. If no one else wants it, we can't let it go to waste."

I listened intently but was a little confused, and I had a feeling that things weren't simple.

With a forced smile, he asked, "Do you have any extra? Could you give this humble monk a share?"

"What are you going to do?" Lu Zheng asked in return.

He said patiently, "It'll broaden your horizons and protect you. Of course, if you don't have any extras, I can go too..."

Given his status as a high-ranking monk of the Four Noble Truths School, how could those great demons possibly refuse to receive him?

"Let's go! This humble monk has never been to that Green Locust Mountain, but I know its general location."

As he spoke, he painstakingly formed a hand seal.

Then clouds and mist rose from the ground, condensing into lotus-shaped clouds that emitted a faint golden light.

This lotus platform is quite large, more than enough to accommodate two people.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng rode on auspicious clouds and traveled with Ku Xin to Qinghuai Mountain.

The two rode on the clouds and quickly left Beiyu City, heading straight north.

Looking intently at the vast mountains below, he said with deep feeling, "The Northern Regions are vast, even your An Kingdom cannot compare. For you to come to such a place to preach is no different from dropping a drop of ink into a stream..."

"Speaking of which, you would have had a better future in Anguo, so why did you choose to stay here?"

Ku Xin turned to look at Lu Zheng, a hint of doubt in his mind.

They traveled across mountains and rivers just to save and educate the people of this place.

This made it impossible for him to understand Lu Zheng's thoughts.

Lu Zheng said unhurriedly, "Because this place is even more chaotic than Anguo, and it is in such a place that I have more room to maneuver."

Ku Xin couldn't help but ask, "Do you really want to be like that Bodhisattva you mentioned?"

Lu Zhengdao: "I don't practice Buddhism, but doesn't the master want to become a Buddha through this?"

Upon hearing this, Ku Xin sighed and said, "This humble monk does not possess such great abilities."

He can talk about saving all living beings, but he has to have the ability to do so.

The two were carried by lotus-shaped clouds, flying over plains and mountains.

In the distance, a majestic green mountain range comes into view.

Looking around, one can clearly see a thick demonic aura emanating from the mountains.

The demonic aura was overwhelming and very conspicuous.

Looking intently at the mountains, he murmured, "The Northern Region was once part of our human race's territory, but now it is plagued by demons and monsters, and chaos reigns..."

"It is said that the remains of thousands of humans and demons are buried on that demon mountain. That Lord Huai is not an easy monster to deal with. We should keep a low profile at the birthday banquet."

Lu Zheng turned to look at Ku Xin, "Are you afraid of a monster like him?"

He painstakingly rubbed his bald head. "Sigh, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. That's his territory, and I heard that demon is already halfway to the Dao Inquiry stage. Even if he hasn't taken that step, he's still a powerful demon at the peak of the Profound Realm. He's not someone to mess with..."

It wasn't that he was afraid of the other party; it was just that having cultivated to his current level, there was no need to risk his life against a strong opponent of the same level, and he had no deep-seated hatred for them, so fighting would bring him no benefit.

(End of this chapter)