Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

The next day, early in the morning.

On a lake on the outskirts of Xuzhou, an old beggar was walking on the water by the side of the road, gnawing on chicken legs and drifting in the waves, looking for whatever he wanted.

There was a little beggar in rags sitting on the shore, clapping his hands and cheering.

"Master, this is so powerful, I want to learn it!"

The old beggar smiled slightly, showing a bit of contentment. He threw the chicken drumstick in his hand into the water, and it instantly turned into countless red carp, leaping up one after another, forming a golden-red 'fish bridge'.

The little beggar was stunned and asked: "Master, are you a god?"

The old beggar shook his head and said, "Not really."

Although he was once an Arhat, but now he is just an old beggar who travels all over the world. A down-and-out person, if it were not for the nectar given by that boy, he would probably fall into the Yangshen realm.

"Then how can you become a god?"

The old beggar looked at the sky above his head and sighed: "If you want to become a god, you have to overcome tribulations, but the tribulations today are not as difficult as before. It is several times more difficult to become an immortal or a Buddha!"

Speaking of this, he thought, if there is anyone in this world who can survive the thunder tribulation, maybe it is that boy.

It's just that I don't know where he has been for so many years, and there is no news at all.

Just when he was in a trance, his disciple's exclamation suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Master be careful!!!"

Before the old beggar could react, he saw a black shadow fall from the sky and hit him, the wind howling.

He snorted coldly and stretched out his hand calmly. How could he hide in front of his apprentice? He had to show off his probing skills!
Golden light blooms between the fingers and Sanskrit sounds sound all around, which is a symbol of the golden body of Buddhism.

At this moment, he can easily lift even a big mountain!
"Disciple, watch carefully, my master's move is called——"

boom!
The calm lake surface suddenly stirred up huge waves, and the fish bridge exploded. The old beggar's figure was swallowed by the lake water.

gollum...

goo goo goo...

"Master!!!"

With a scream, the birds scattered.

……

After a while, the river surface floated, and a figure slowly walked out. With every step, a lotus made of water would bloom.

Dressed in white with gold belt, he is handsome and handsome, and his deep eyes are like nebulae, making the little beggar unable to take his eyes away.

He had never seen such a good-looking person.

What's even more amazing is that this person clearly walked out of the water, but his body was not wet at all. His elegant hydration suit was fluttering gently in the breeze.

"Are you...are you the God of the Lake?"

The little beggar was not afraid, but asked excitedly, even forgetting about his master who fell into the water.

Li Dao

"Damn you, how dare you smash it——"

The old beggar's words stopped abruptly. He looked at the figure, his pupils condensed and his lips trembled slightly.

"Li... Li Daoxuan?"

Counting the three years of seclusion in Longhu Mountain, Li Daoxuan has not appeared in the world again for 15 years. Some people say that he is in seclusion in order to ascend, while others say that he has seen through the world of mortals and no longer cares about the affairs of the world.

For more than ten years, countless people have followed his footsteps, hoping to find this Taoist legend.

However, he was like an extremely dazzling meteor, flashing in the sky of the Tang Dynasty and disappearing in a hurry.

"I'm lucky. I met an old friend when I came back. I didn't expect you to accept a disciple."

Li Daoxuan came to the shore and smiled slightly. Then he looked at the mess around him and flicked his snow-white sleeves.

In an instant, the lake surface, which was somewhat turbid due to the rolling mud, instantly returned to clarity, and the carp swam again in colorful colors, making the lake full of life.

The old beggar was shocked, and he stretched out his hand to cast a spell. However, the carp group was still a carp group and did not turn back into chicken legs.

He looked at the carps with Buddhist clairvoyance and found that they were indeed fish, without any trace of magic changes!

hiss!
For a moment, he gasped.

The first of Tiangang's supernatural powers - mediate creation!

He had just turned the chicken legs into a school of fish, but that was just a trick, and it would return to its original shape when time came. Compared with Li Daoxuan's move, it was a world of difference.

Creating something out of nothing, refining the false to become the real, this kid... can't see through it, he can't see through it at all.

"You...where have you been all these years?"

Li Daoxuan thought for a moment and smiled bitterly.

"If I told you that I went to heaven, slept in the palace of the Queen Mother of the West, and met the Taiqing Daode Tianzun, would you believe it?"

The old beggar sneered and took a sip: "I just don't want to say it. Why make up such outrageous lies and think that the old beggar is a fool?"

Li Daoxuan was speechless.

"Haha, I must have figured it out. It must be related to the great supernatural power that mediates creation. I don't want to think about who happened to me on the roadside-"

"and many more!"

Li Daoxuan's expression suddenly changed and he interrupted him: "Take your apprentice away from me first, I can't hold it in anymore."

The old beggar felt puzzled.

"If you can't hold it in anymore, just deal with it here. We are all men, and I don't care about you..."

Before he finished speaking, a burst of thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, like three armies beating drums, a volcano erupting, and thunder falling down one after another, splitting the surrounding trees.

Black clouds are in the sky, covering the sky.

The terrifying power of thunder made the old beggar's expression change.

"Ami, that Buddha, are you going to go through the catastrophe?"

"Li Daoxuan, if you are looking for death, don't drag me with you!!!" Without any hesitation, he immediately escaped with his precious apprentice. In order not to be struck by lightning, he even escaped underground.

After running for a full moment, he flew out of the ground and completely left the range of the thunder tribulation.

Looking back, I saw that the lake had been completely submerged by thunder, with flames, firelight, explosions, and lightning...

Boom!

After running so far, the mountain beneath the two of them was still trembling in the roaring air waves, forcing the old beggar to retreat again.

What he saw was shocking. Every thunderbolt there was enough to threaten Yang Shen, not to mention that it was sloping down like a violent storm.

Even his Arhat's golden body couldn't sustain this momentum for a few breaths.

However, with his clairvoyance, he could clearly see that the white-clothed figure in the thunder sea had not even a single wrinkle on his clothes.

This kid...is he still human?
After burning the incense, Li Daoxuan still stood in the sea of ​​thunder. Looking at the thunder that kept falling, he became a little impatient.

Endless... are you scratching your itch?
After completing the third level of the Eight-nine Mysterious Techniques, his physical body was strong enough to fight against earthly immortals. Now he was going to save the human immortals from the heavenly calamity... Well, it felt like he was returning to Novice Village with a full-level king.

The calamity that once made people talk about it with shame now seems to be nothing more than that.

The divine eye opened, and the brilliant golden light shot up into the sky, like a golden sword, dividing the thunder clouds in the sky into two.

The thunderstorm finally subsided.

However, the disaster has not dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, invisible flames climbed up Li Daoxuan's body. It was the fire of karma. The greater the sin, the stronger the fire of karma, which directly burned the soul.

However, before the fire of karma started to burn, streaks of golden light of merit lit up on Li Daoxuan's body, like a vast ocean, directly extinguishing the fire of karma.

He vaguely heard countless voices in his ears, including men and women, old and young, and very pious.

"Xu Hao, a citizen of Longyou County, offers incense to the Imperial Master..."

"Come here to offer incense to the Heavenly Master. If it weren't for you, I would have died in the flood in Chang'an!"

"I'll give you a few kowtows to thank Heavenly Master for saving our family in Luoyang..."

"Thanks to the Heavenly Master for killing the Locust God, we will have good weather in Dengzhou again this year!"

……

Listening to these voices, Li Daoxuan was startled.

It turns out...he has already done so many things.

Kill the dragon, quell the flood, kill Moro, save Dengzhou...

Every incident saved countless people, drove away evil gods, helped the Tang Dynasty move towards prosperity, and allowed countless people to live a stable life.

Before he knew it, he had come so far.

If the little girl I met in Xiaosha Village was still alive, she probably wouldn't have to go hungry anymore.

Although Li Daoxuan is not afraid of karma and does not want to receive any gratitude, at this moment, listening to their sincere voices, he still feels warm in his heart.

He seemed to understand why the Empress in Tsing Yi was so compassionate.

Listen to the words of living beings and save them from their difficulties.

The eyes of the old beggar in the distance are about to pop out. Good guy, this guy has done so many good things. If he practices Buddhism, he will probably achieve the status of Bodhisattva.

With this bright golden light of merit, if one specializes in cultivating the divine way, one will have a bright future.

However, the next moment, he was shocked.

I saw Li Daoxuan wave his hand, and the golden light of merit fell to the earth like spring rain, nourishing the earth's veins of Jiuzhou and mediating the murderous intention of humanity.

The sky is still heaven and the earth is still earth, but it is a little more agile.

The Tang Dynasty will have good weather for a long time, the people will have fewer diseases, and many sufferings will be eliminated invisible.

The old beggar stared at Li Daoxuan, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

There was a hint of majesty in that dark face that had not been washed for months.

"Amitabha!"

He clasped his hands together and bowed to Li Daoxuan.

The golden light of merit is very precious. It can increase luck and help cultivation. Even if it is used to refine weapons, it is still the best. However, Li Daoxuan gave it away so lightly.

Get it from the people and use it for the people.

With such a big heart and magnanimity, how could he not be allowed to bow down and admire her?
……

After the fire disaster, the wind disaster came again, but to Li Daoxuan, it was just drizzle.

But at this moment, the thunder clouds that he had just defeated gathered together again, and lowered a stream of immortal thunder.

Taiji Lei, Shenxiao Lei, Da Dong Lei, Xiandu Lei, Arctic Lei, Taiyi Lei, Zifu Lei, Yuchen Lei, Taixiao Lei, Yushu Lei...

Immortal thunder swept through the universe like the setting sun over a long river, and struck Li Daoxuan's body with a crash.

But he didn't stop him, he just endured it quietly, and even closed his eyes, as if he was feeling something.

Wait until the thunder light dissipates.

Wisps of fairy spirit emerged, lingering around the body.

His body suddenly burst into brilliant fairy light, every hair strand was as crystal clear as jade, his body was like glass, and you could even see the flowing blood and crisscrossing meridians.

After a few breaths, his skin gradually returned to normal, the fairy aura around him disappeared, and he slowly opened his eyes.

His black hair was flying, and his white clothes were whiter than the snow. He was still himself, but he seemed to have undergone some astonishing transformation.

While looking around, I feel transcendent and transcendent.

"It turns out that this is an immortal."

... (end of this chapter)