Comprehension against the sky, creating the Five Thunders in the real world

"I know that this mission is difficult and full of dangers, but I believe that with your strength, we will make those evil villains pay the price."

"Let them know the consequences of oppressing the people. We will never show mercy."

Chen Jie looked at Lin Beichen and said happily, "We really did not choose the wrong person. I believe that with Brother Lin's intelligence and strength, he will definitely make those evil thieves suffer."

Everyone looked at Lin Beichen, and their trust in each other increased a little bit.

With Lin Beichen as the backbone, the rest of the people acted according to his arrangements.

Relying on his excellent martial arts skills, Sun Yanfei quietly sneaked into the city lord's mansion and secretly gathered intelligence.

Sun Yuanqiao also followed Lin Beichen's orders to study new hidden weapons and tools.

As for Chen Jie, he was discussing the follow-up details with Lin Beichen at this time, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.

It was almost evening when Sun Yanfei returned from outside with a serious look on his face.

"How's it going?"

Lin Beichen hurriedly took two steps forward and asked with concern.

Sun Yanfei looked tired and placed the contract in his hand on the table.

"It seems that your guess is correct. The people in the city are suffering terribly. Some are even starving. The people all want to leave, but they are brutally suppressed by the City Lord's Mansion."

"This contract is the secret agreement signed between the city lord and those Westerners. It was not until now that I learned that he oppressed the people in order to realize his dream of immortality!"

Speaking of this, Sun Yanfei gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with anger.

Lin Beichen frowned, picked up the contract and glanced at it quickly, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"You know, the people are like water and the ruler is like a boat. Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it! The city lord has been oppressing the people like this, and one day he will suffer the consequences."

Chen Jie, who was standing by, seemed to have heard the hidden meaning behind Lin Beichen's words and hurried forward: "Brother Lin, do you have a plan?"

"Tonight, let's watch a good show!"

After saying that, Lin Beichen turned his gaze to Sun Yanfei.

"There is one more thing I need to trouble you with. Go and tell the people in the city to gather at the city gates tonight. Do not leave easily. Something big will happen tonight."

Although everyone didn't understand what Lin Beichen meant by this, out of trust in each other, Sun Yanfei still nodded in agreement and turned to leave.

In the evening, the city lord's mansion was brightly lit.

At this time, in the courtyard, the city lord stared at James and others in front of him with his eyes wide open, and the anger in his eyes almost turned into substance.

"What did you say? You want to leave now?"

"That's right, Lord City Lord. This city has no value and development potential, and you have not fulfilled the previous contract. Therefore, we need to find another more powerful city to cooperate with."

James straightened his back and glanced at the city lord with disdain, looking fearless.

"Lord City Lord, according to the terms of the agreement, we may not be able to provide the elixir of life, and as compensation, we must also take this gold away."

Upon hearing this, the city lord suddenly sneered, and the vicious look in his eyes became even more intense: "Do you think that you can take my gold away without handing over the elixir of immortality?"

After hearing this, James's expression changed slightly, and he obviously realized that the situation was complicated.

"How would you like?"

"Today, either you hand over the elixir of life, or you will all stay alive here! If you want to leave this city, let's see if you have the ability to do so!"

The city lord shouted angrily, and a large number of guards rushed in from the door and surrounded everyone.

However, James smiled calmly: "I expected you to do this, but I never thought it would come so soon."

He clapped his hands lightly, and his companions pushed out a man who had been beaten beyond recognition. The man behind him suddenly kicked him, and he fell to the ground in a mess, making a whimpering sound.

"According to the ancient saying of the Dragon Nation, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. It should be okay to exchange your son for our departure, right?"

After James finished speaking, he burst into laughter, and his companions beside him also showed a proud look.

Sun Yanfei, who was in the dark, saw this scene clearly, and she also wanted to see what decision the city lord would make.

However, the city lord looked at his son and suddenly sneered: "If my son is gone, I can give birth to another one, but if I lose this gold, I will regret it for the rest of my life! After all, this is the wealth accumulated by the people of the whole city!"

James was stunned for a moment because he had not expected the city lord to be so cruel.

But the next moment, the city lord waved his hand and said, "Kill! Don't spare any one!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards who had been ready rushed forward, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

"Since your father doesn't want you, then you are worthless. Go to hell!"

James was furious and without any hesitation, he raised his knife and killed Sima Li on the spot.

The city was in chaos, and at this moment, there was not a single soldier to be seen at the city gate.

The chaos in the City Lord's Mansion caused almost all the troops to gather here, which also bought Lin Beichen and others a lot of time.

A light figure flashed by, and the next moment, Sun Yanfei appeared in front of Lin Beichen.

"Brother Lin, you are right. A fight has already started inside!"

Lin Beichen slowly opened his eyes, which had been tightly closed: "Human greed is always like this. They always want to get what they can't have, but they are unwilling to give up what they already have. There is nothing more worrying about gains and losses than this."

"Then what should we do next?"

Chen Jie on the side frowned, obviously he was now used to obeying Lin Beichen's orders.

Lin Beichen raised his lips slightly and stood up. At this moment, in front of him, there stood a group of hungry city dwellers, all of them pale and skinny, exhausted.

Seeing this scene, Lin Beichen felt a little pain in his heart, but more of helplessness.

"People, now is the time for us to take back what belongs to us. The city lord has been exploiting us in order to achieve immortality, so we must use the same method to take back what we have lost! We must not let him get away with it, nor can we let those people from the Western Regions get away with it!"

"That's right! These things are the blood and sweat of the people plundered from us, so we can't let those foreigners take them away!"

The people below were outraged and raised their arms and shouted.

Lin Beichen said no more and pointed in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion: "Action now!"

Inside the City Lord's Mansion, the Western Regions' guards and servants were fighting fiercely, with casualties on both sides. James and others wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but were stopped by the City Lord at the gate.

James saw that it was difficult to escape, so he quickly threw the big box in his hand to the ground and said, "Okay, Lord Mayor, the things in here belong to you. Can you let us go now?"

The city lord had a cold look in his eyes, not even glancing at the scattered gold. His voice was icy: "Do you really think I have forgotten the revenge for killing my son? Give me your life!"

The city lord rushed towards James, but before he got close, he felt a chill in his chest and a long knife had pierced his chest.

He turned his head in disbelief, only to see a thin middle-aged man fiercely pulling out a knife: "You dog city lord, you still have the nerve to live!"

The city lord fell to the ground, and James and others took the opportunity to throw a ball, and a large amount of white smoke poured out. When the smoke cleared, there were no more people on the spot.

The people successfully captured the city lord's mansion and there was cheering inside and outside.

Lin Beichen sat firmly on the platform, waiting for the final result.

Not long after, the people in the city came over, carrying a man and cheering all the way, and threw a bloody man in front of Lin Beichen and the others.

"Master Lin, we have caught this extremely evil guy! It looks like he was stabbed, but the wound was not to his vital parts, so he won't die for the time being. What should we do with him next?"

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Lin Beichen stood up. "Since he has offended the people in the city, how to deal with him should naturally be decided by the people. Next, please express your opinions."

As soon as Lin Beichen finished speaking, the crowd below immediately became excited.

"If it were you, I'd say he should be cut into pieces!"

"Yes, chop off his head and make soup! This guy exploits the people, he deserves death!"

"Throw him in the frying pan and fry him!"

.........

The people were outraged and obviously wanted the city lord to die.

Lin Beichen seemed to have expected this result, and pointed at Chen Jie next to him.

"The people's orders cannot be disobeyed, let's give him a quick death!"

Chen Jie nodded and walked forward to take action.

"Wait a minute!"

A shout was heard from the crowd, and then an old man dressed as a Taoist priest came crawling over from the crowd. As soon as he climbed onto the platform, he hugged Lin Beichen's thighs tightly.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me! I beg you!"

Lin Beichen didn't expect that the old Taoist priest in the Taoist temple would plead for the city lord, and his eyes were full of confusion.

"Master, why are you doing this? Before, you prevented me from going down the mountain to save the people in the city, and now you are stopping me from getting rid of the evil for the people. What do you want? Have you completely forgotten the Dao in your heart?"

At this time, the old Taoist priest no longer looked like a sage. He was crying and snotting, totally disregarding his image, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Master Lin, please spare his life! If possible, I am willing to use my life to pay for his life! I will bear the responsibility for the crime he committed!"

As soon as this statement came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

When will a city lord who has committed heinous crimes be able to ask an old and highly respected Taoist priest in a Taoist temple to take the blame for him?
Lin Beichen seemed to have sensed something. He lowered his head, with a hint of anger in his voice.

"Old Taoist priest, what on earth is going on?"

"Let me be frank. This city lord is actually my son, my illegitimate son!"

Then, the old Taoist priest began to recount his romantic affairs many years ago, shocking everyone in the audience.

Who could have thought that in the old Taoist temple in the back mountain of the city, there would be such a romantic and passionate old Taoist priest, who secretly pushed his child to the position of city lord by his own strength. It is really sad.

Lin Beichen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can no longer call you Taoist priest, because you are not worthy!"

The old Taoist priest nodded repeatedly: "You can say whatever you want to me now, even if you hit me or scold me, I have no complaints. I only ask you to let him live, and I am willing to pay with my own life!"

"Trade your life for mine? Do you think your life is valuable? Is it worth it?"

Lin Beichen's voice suddenly became stern, and he pointed his right hand at the people below the stage: "When you, a bastard, were exploiting and oppressing the people, why didn't you stand up and speak for them!"

“When the people are in dire straits and can’t even get enough food to eat, ask yourself, what have you done?”

"Your son colluded with the evildoers from the Western Regions in order to achieve immortality. He acted in collusion with them and helped the evildoers to do evil! As his biological father, is this how you should be a father?!"

"Not only are you unworthy of being a father, you are also unworthy of being called a Taoist priest in our Taoist land! From now on, there will be no such person as you in our Taoism, and you will never have anything to do with our Taoism!"

The old Taoist priest's face was covered with tears. He knew that every accusation made by Lin Beichen at this moment was correct, so he just kept nodding and kowtowing to Lin Beichen and the people below the stage.

"Master Lin, now that things have come to this, you have scolded him as you should and condemned him as you should. Can you let me take the blame for him?"

"Take the blame? Then you have to be able to take the blame!"

Lin Beichen closed his eyes slightly and waved to Chen Jie beside him.

"kill!"

As Lin Beichen finished speaking, the city lord's life was completely ended, and his sinful life came to an end.

The people below the stage cheered as if today was a happy day, which formed a sharp contrast with the old Taoist priest on the stage who was trembling all over and had a pale face.

The old Taoist priest looked at the bloodstains on the ground, feeling heartbroken. He didn't say anything more, but just smiled bitterly: "I feel sorry for the peace and quiet of the Taoist sect and the people in the city. I am also responsible for this matter. I will leave now!"

After saying that, he snatched the knife from Chen Jie next to him and committed suicide.

At the moment when the old Taoist priest ended his life, a familiar voice sounded in Lin Beichen's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the first level of the trial illusion - the cultivation of the Dharma Heart, and the Dao Heart has completed one third!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the selfless achievement! Gain 500 points of faith!"

The people in the city successfully got back their belongings, and Lin Beichen’s first level of illusion trial was also coming to an end.

In order to better manage the city and allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment, at Lin Beichen's suggestion, the position of city lord was transferred to Chen Jie.

After all, Lin Beichen has never been interested in things like power and status.

After doing all this, Lin Beichen returned to the Taoist temple in the back mountain amid the farewell of the people.

At this time, the old village chief was already waiting at the gate of the Taoist temple.

"finished?"

The old village chief had a faint smile on his face and his eyes were full of kindness.

"finished."

Lin Beichen nodded, looking calm.

"The first level of Taoism is Dharma-mind, which means being just and impartial, and not judging right and wrong based on personal likes and dislikes. This is the first level of Taoism."

After the old village chief finished speaking, he laughed and then tapped Lin Beichen on the forehead.

"Next, it will be more difficult. You must always remember your principles and nature. Don't lose yourself!"

Another familiar feeling of dizziness came over him, and when Lin Beichen opened his eyes again, he found himself inside the Taoist temple.

“It seems like nothing has changed!”

Lin Beichen observed the surrounding environment. It was still the familiar Taoist temple, but he was instantly transferred from the entrance of the temple to the inner temple.

At this moment, a pale and skinny Taoist boy ran in from outside and knelt down in front of Lin Beichen with a plop.

"Master, please hurry down the mountain and save the people! If this continues, the people in the city will suffer!"

"What happened?"

Lin Beichen remembered arranging Chen Jie to manage the city, it seemed like just now, how come something happened right after he left?

"The neighboring Qingping City came to our city to steal food and people. Now the people in the city have no food left and many people have starved to death!"

The Taoist boy shed tears, his eyes full of helplessness.

"Where are Chen Jie and the others?"

Lin Beichen was furious when he heard this. According to Chen Jie's ability, he shouldn't be so weak! (End of this chapter)