'dang dang dang'
The gloomy sky was covered with dark clouds, and it was pouring rain. The rain and fog shrouded the entire "Bixi Town", making it look looming.
A rapid sound of gongs resounded through Bixi Town, and then the whole town suddenly became agitated.
"It's getting flooded, it's getting flooded!"
A man wearing a hat and raincoat kept beating a gong with his hand as he shouted along Qingshi Road in Bixi Town, "Heilongkou is wet, Heilongkou is wet."
As the man's shouting spread throughout Bixi Town, the residents of Bixi Town also panicked and ran to the door with their children to watch.
Some people are even talking to each other:
"Is it coming again?"
"Is the Black Dragon Immortal coming again?"
"Dad, what is the Black Dragon Immortal?"
"Children, don't ask questions. Mom, go and get everything ready. I'm going to get my raincoat. It looks like I'm going to hide in the mountains again."
At this time, the town's 'liang' wore a raincoat and a bamboo hat and walked through the streets and alleys with an umbrella. "What are you still doing? Hurry up and pack your things and go into the mountains. The flood in Heilongkou is coming."
As soon as Li Zhang finished speaking, the stream that passed through the middle of Bixi Town suddenly surged, and it suddenly rose to the level of the banks on both sides.
At this time, a young man holding an umbrella hurried over and said: "The river is not growing well. The stream is swollen and the small stone bridge is about to be flooded."
The village chief was shocked when he heard this. The small stone bridge was the only passage from Bixi Town to the Beishan Mountains. However, there were no mountains to the south of the small stone bridge, and it would all be flooded when the flood came.
"Quick, hurry up!" the village leader shouted loudly: "Hurry up and shout for everyone to leave quickly and don't take any extra things with you."
Soon the people in Bixi Town began to leave their homes in panic, some even without umbrellas and raincoats. At this time, the water had overflowed the embankment, and the entire Bixi Town was knee-deep in murky water. .
The adults carried the children on their backs. The children had never seen this scene before, and they were all frightened and cried loudly.
Heavy rain, floods, and the cries of children intertwined together, filling Bixi Town with an atmosphere of depression and fear.
When more than a thousand people from Bixi Town gathered at Xiaoshiqiao, they found that the road leading to Xiaoshiqiao had been occupied by extremely fast water.
Because the road leading to the small stone bridge is relatively low and requires going down a flight of steps, the water in the town is only knee deep, but the water on the road leading to the small stone bridge is already waist deep and extremely fast.
The village chief sent a tall young man to explore the way, but as soon as the young man went down, he was washed away by the rapid flood. Even if he was holding a hemp rope in his hand, it was of no use. He was directly washed away by the waves. gone.
As soon as the young man was washed away, his family immediately burst into mourning. The people rushed to save people, only to find that the young man had been washed away more than a hundred meters away.
In an instant, all the people were in despair, and some women even began to let out suppressed and low sobs.
The chief's face turned pale and he said: "This time the flood came hard and fast. It is completely different from the previous floods. Why is this happening?"
It can be heard from Li Chang's words that this is not the first time Bixi Town has experienced such a flood, but the previous few times have not been so violent.
"Ah?! Look." At this moment, someone screamed in surprise, and the director hurriedly turned his head to look. Then he saw that the young man who had been washed away earlier had surfaced and was slowly heading towards the water. The shore is close.
Everyone looked towards the shore and saw a Taoist priest wearing a bamboo hat, soaked by the rain and with a black bag on his shoulder, dragging the young man to the shore with a cane.
The young man in the water had choked on more than a dozen saliva, but at this time his desire to survive told him that he must hold on to this cane. This was his only chance to survive.
Soon the young man was pulled to the shore by Fang Jian. After landing, the young man was in shock. The Taoist priest slapped him on the head three times. In an instant, the three souls and seven souls returned to their places. The young man immediately vomited a stream of turbid river water.
The young man's family rushed over quickly. They glanced at the young man first, and then immediately bowed to the Taoist priest and thanked him.
This Taoist priest was Fang Jian. He glanced at the half-submerged small stone bridge. At this time, the chief also walked up to Fang Jian.
"Thank you, Taoist priest, for your helping hand. We are deeply grateful." The chief of the village bowed his hands to Fang Jian.
Fang Jian waved his hand and asked, "Do you often get floods like this here?"
The director said: "Yes, sometimes it happens once every three years, sometimes once every five years, sometimes once every ten years, but the flooding has never been as violent as it is today, leaving us with no time to react."
Fang Jian said: "Since the floods occur so frequently, why don't you move?"
The chief was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "It's hard to leave our homeland."
Fang Jian asked: "Do you have an earth god here?"
The chief was a little confused when he heard this, then shook his head and said: "No."
Fang Jian asked again: "Is there a mountain god?"
Chief: "No."
Fang Jian: "Is there a water god?"
Chief: "None of them."
Fang Jian nodded slightly and said, "Then do you know where this water comes from?"
Li Chang said: "I know that it comes from the Black Dragon's mouth upstream."
"Black Dragon Mouth?" Fang Jian smiled faintly when he heard the name, "Listening to this name, could there be a black dragon there?"
The director's expression was stagnant, and he immediately looked around, but in the end he still didn't dare to say anything.
At this moment, everyone felt that the water under their feet had risen again. It was originally knee-deep, but now it had reached the middle of their thighs.
And as the water rose higher and higher, the waves became more and more violent. Many adults were unable to stand due to the waves. Many people could only lean on each other, forming a human wall to avoid being overwhelmed by the waves. Water washes away.
Seeing this scene, the director immediately murmured: "It's over, it's over, Bixi Town is over."
Fang Jian smiled and said, "Since it's over, there's nothing we can't say."
When the chief heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and then he looked as if he was risking his life. He only heard him say to Fang Jian: "The Black Dragon's Mouth used to be called the 'Black Python Mouth'. Legend has it that a large black python that became a spirit lived in it. Later, there were frequent floods here, and the floods often started from Heimangkou, so the old people thought it was the black python doing the magic. So the old people built a temple at Heimangkou to worship the black python, and The name was changed to 'Heilong', so the name Heilongkou also came from this."
As soon as Li Zhang finished speaking, a big wave hit him violently. Li Zhang was instantly knocked over by the wave, but was quickly supported by Fang Jian.
The mayor thanked Fang Jian with a pale face. At this time, the entire Bixi Town was flooded to a depth of more than one meter, and people were everywhere screaming and crying in fear.
At the same time, the torrential flood surged with the water waves, and there were even dull roars, like a buffalo roaring in the flood, which was extremely terrifying.
At the same time, the waves of the flood also showed the shape of snake scales, and the rolling waves of the flood looked like a giant python rolling forward.
Fang Jian patted the rainwater on his bamboo hat. At this moment, except for his head and shoulders, his entire body was soaked by the heavy rain.
Then Fang Jian said to the chief: "This is a walking dragon."
"Walk dragon?" When the director heard this unfamiliar word, he immediately looked at Fang Jian with confusion.
Fang Jian nodded and said: "Yes, walk on the dragon. After the python has become an immortal, if it wants to continue to seek progress within a period of time, it will follow the 'way of transforming into a dragon', and to transform into a dragon, it must first 'turn into a dragon'. And Whether Wu Lun transforms into a dragon or a dragon, he must walk through water and into the sea. Anyone who walks into a dragon must enter the river from a branch of the place where it was born, and then walk from the river into the sea. If there is an accident along the way, all previous efforts will be lost and you need to start over. "
Having said this, Fang Jian stared at the flood in front of him and said, "If you walk away from the dragon, there will be a flood."
After listening to Fang Jian's words, the chief was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly realized, "The Taoist priest is saying that the frequent floods in Bixi Town are because the black python in the Black Dragon's Mouth is walking?"
"Yes." Fang Jian nodded and said.
The chief suddenly realized, but he was also shocked. He didn't expect that what the predecessors said about the black python becoming a spirit was actually true. At this time, a glimmer of hope suddenly emerged in his heart, and he immediately bowed to Fang Jian and said, "Since the Taoist priest knows these things , there must be a way to deal with it. Please also ask the Taoist Master to show mercy and save more than 1,300 lives in Bixi Town!"
The people around the village chief also saluted Fang Jian one after another, "Please, the Taoist Chief, be merciful and save us."
Fang Jian laughed and said, "This is not difficult."
After that, Fang Jian was seen holding the cane in his left hand, and his right hand formed a sword and pointed towards the cane. A fairy light flashed, and the cane suddenly turned into a copper sword about the length of an adult's arm.
Fang Jian pointed to the copper sword in his hand and said to the stunned Li Chang: "Hang this copper sword at the bottom of the bridge to block the waterway so that the black python will no longer dare to walk. The waterway is blocked and the water dragon will not walk. If there is no way, the flood will naturally disappear."
When the chief saw Fang Jian's magic of turning rattan into a sword, he was convinced of his words. Hearing this, he immediately took the bronze sword and said, "Thank you so much, chief. If the town of Waibixi can no longer suffer from the plague of walking dragons, we can live and work in peace and contentment." , then the Taoist Master’s kindness will be remembered forever.”
After saying that, the village chief turned around and shouted loudly: "Bixi Town is saved. This sword can seal off the floods and subside the floods, so that Bixi Town will no longer suffer from floods. Now, I am willing to cooperate with you." Let me go together to the place where the sword is hanging at the bottom of the bridge."
Fang Jian didn't say anything when he saw this scene. When encountering this kind of thing, he would definitely take action to help the living beings eliminate disasters. However, gods must be responsible for helping mortals. It is the responsibility of gods in heaven to protect all living beings, but all living beings must also bear their own responsibilities. of that responsibility.
Heaven is the ruler of the three realms and has the responsibility to stabilize and protect all living beings. However, after all, heaven is not a nanny, and sentient beings cannot be "giant babies". They should also strengthen themselves in order to continue to thrive.
The bronze sword that Fang Jian conjured contained the power of his Thirty-six Thunder Methods, which was enough to frighten the black python. However, the Jian Fang Jian was given, and this was his responsibility. But it is up to them to hang up the sword. This is their own responsibility.
(End of chapter)
