Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 505 Clear the clouds
Zhang Yu panicked and quickly said, "Why make such a fuss over such a trivial matter at the temple? I... I will handle it properly right away, and summon the officials and gentry to help with the disaster relief!"

Zhang Yu was worried that if these three really made a big fuss, even if he had connections at higher levels, he wouldn't get away with it.

Lu Zheng said calmly, "With such heavy rain, can you convince them to put in the work?"

“Yes!” Zhang Yu said. “I am, after all, a county magistrate. How dare they disobey my orders?”

Lu Zhengdao: "So, the fact that no officials have been sent to Dafeng County for disaster relief these past few days was also on your orders?"

"Ah this..."

Zhang Yu shook his head vigorously, "No! I didn't expect the rain to last this long!"

Lu Zheng's eyes were indifferent. If he hadn't overheard Zhang Yu and Lü Liang's conversation earlier, he might have thought that this county magistrate was an incompetent official.

But Zhang Yu's ideas and plans were even more despicable than those of those mediocre officials who did nothing.

With a thought, Lu Zheng's suspended longsword shone brightly and shot straight toward the roof.

A sharp burst of sword energy erupted, instantly tearing a large hole in the roof.

The rain fell heavily, soaking Zhang Yu completely in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Yu stood there stiffly, not daring to move an inch.

With a light step, Lu Zheng arrived above the rooftop, tilting his head slightly to look at the dark rain clouds in the sky.

He raised his hand and waved, and a bright pearl hung above his head, spinning around.

This is a water-gathering spirit pearl, a spiritual object that Lu Zheng obtained before. Although it cannot compare to the Water God's lake-stabilizing pearl, it still has a good water-gathering effect.

An unusual phenomenon of water emerged from Lu Zheng's small world, and a powerful force shot straight up into the rain clouds in the sky.

An invisible force pulls the dark rain clouds, gradually forming a vortex under the influence of suction.

The center of the vortex is the entrance to Lu Zheng's small world.

The rain clouds churned and surged, continuously being absorbed into the small world.

The original vortex gradually expanded from ten zhang to a hundred zhang, and then continued to expand outward.

In the county town, someone noticed something unusual about the sky.

All that could be seen was a giant funnel in the sky, slowly drawing away the dark clouds and rain.

Lu Liang, who had just returned home, had not yet instructed his servants to prepare food when he witnessed this scene.

His eyes widened as he stared straight at the sky, and through the blur, he could see a figure standing between heaven and earth.

"That's... the location of the county magistrate's residence, isn't it?"

Lu Liang looked surprised, thinking for a moment that a master had arrived and was using magic to relieve the county's floods.

"Come here, prepare your horses!"

Lü Liang quickly instructed his servants to prepare to go to Zhang Yu's place again to check on the situation.

Not only Lü Liang, but also some others who saw this scene were prepared to brave the heavy rain to get closer and take a look.

Lu Zheng tried his best to absorb the rain clouds in the sky, but rain still leaked down.

Zhang Yu stood in the study with its broken roof, looking at the flooded room and the soaked books and magical artifacts, his face full of heartache.

Especially the pills and herbs in the room; if they get wet from the rain, their quality will be greatly reduced.

He stood in the rain, wiped his face, and looked at Qingwan, saying, "Um... little fairy, could you let me tidy up this place? These Taoist scriptures can't get wet in the rain, it's extremely disrespectful! Our sage ancestors will punish us..."

Qingwan glared at her coldly, "What? Millions of ordinary people can get wet in the rain, but you can't? And these scriptures can't get wet in the rain?"

"Would a sage punish someone? Who do you think a sage would punish? If the people are hungry and cold, burn these books to warm them, and the sage won't say anything."

"But you, reciting the classics of sages, yet utterly disregarding the plight of the people, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?!" *Boom!*

As the rain clouds churned in the sky, thunder roared.

Zhang Yu was startled, thinking that Lu Zheng in the sky was about to strike him with lightning.

When no lightning struck, he breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he still secretly glanced at the sky, fearing that lightning might actually fall.

Qingwan said coldly, "Go wash yourself in the rain. You're so filthy, it's hard to get you clean."

Zhang Yu looked embarrassed and didn't dare to say anything in rebuttal.

At this time, the funnel-shaped vortex in the sky had reached several miles in length, almost covering the entire county town.

As the vortex expanded, Lu Zheng's figure gradually lowered, and the nearby clouds also decreased in height.

It looked as if dark clouds were looming over the city, as if the sky had collapsed.

That's far from enough... Lu Zheng observed the changes in the clouds above.

The area covered by their own resources could barely affect the area around the county seat, and could not possibly encompass the entire county, let alone the disaster-stricken areas outside Dafeng County.

Recalling the immense power that Meng Yuan caused when he broke through his cultivation level, Lu Zheng felt that his own abilities were far inferior.

Lu Zheng took a deep breath, and the sage's chapters in the Small World Literary Palace instantly shone with brilliant light.

A trace of great power overflowed from the article, directly blessing Lu Zheng.

Furthermore, literary artifacts and classic texts unleash a vast power, spreading throughout the world.

Lu Zheng was surrounded by a seven-colored glow, and the power of heaven and earth was released from his body, attempting to influence this world.

In an instant, the weather changed dramatically, with lightning and thunder flashing incessantly, and nearby rain clouds were rapidly drawn towards the scene.

Lu Zheng then held the Imperial Historian's tablet in his hand and recited the words of the sage, his voice resounding throughout heaven and earth.

"The best is like water..."

As soon as he spoke, even the raindrops falling nearby changed direction, turning around in the air and rushing towards Lu Zheng's location.

Even the water on the ground trembled, trying to break free from the earth's constraints and fly towards the source of power.

Upon hearing the words of the sage, Zhang Yu felt as if thunder had struck his ears. Seeing the scene in the sky, he was stunned into silence.

He had studied Taoist classics for half his life, yet he could not achieve such astonishing feats.

I used to be amazed by the fact that the patriarch of Tongshan Temple could turn his hand to make clouds and rain.

Only now do I realize that there are always people more capable than me, and that absorbing the rain and clouds of heaven and earth is much more troublesome than summoning wind and rain.

The other people in the city were also deeply shocked by this sight, and they were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.

Lu Zheng stood there, intently absorbing the nearby rain clouds.

The cloud cover where he was located was at its lowest point, which meant that the heavy rain within a radius of several dozen miles would be mostly eliminated.

This will temporarily alleviate the flooding in one area, making subsequent disaster relief and assistance easier.

"This is truly the work of a celestial master..."

Lu Liang looked at the figure in the sky enveloped in colorful mist and marveled at it.

I had always heard Magistrate Zhang boast about the abilities of the Taoist masters, but I had never seen them perform any amazing magic.

Now that he had truly seen it all, Lü Liang wondered if he didn't need to go out and raise grain for disaster relief since such a big shot had already taken action.
In the sky, where the rain clouds were thin, warm sunlight shone through the clouds onto the earth.

(End of this chapter)