Ding Yuanshan rested for a while, and then helped the old woman chop wood, but the old woman didn't stop him, just looked at him kindly.

Since then, Ding Yuanshan has often come to help the old woman with her work, and more than ten days have passed. On this day, Ding Yuanshan came to the old woman's house to carry water for the old woman, and just filled the water tank, when a person walked in from outside the door, with thick eyebrows and beard, eyes like torches, dressed in a red robe, and stepping on cloud boots, very majestic.

When the man saw Ding Yuanshan, he seemed to be very angry after being stunned! He scolded: Who are you? Why are you here? Hurry up and go! Ding Yuanshan obeyed the Taoist man's advice and did not say anything, but just knelt down and kowtowed to the man.

It must be that the master and Taoist had nothing to do that day, and he caused trouble for me! This time he said that he couldn't do anything, you go quickly, go quickly! The man said obviously impatiently.

Then the old woman heard the voice and came over. smiled and said: Why is my son so angry?

The man hurriedly stepped forward and helped the old woman and said, "Mother, the life span of a human being is determined by heaven, and it has long been written in the book of life and death, so how can I modify it indiscriminately? However, that day, the master and Taoist repeatedly found some short-lived people for me to help, and tampered with Yang Shou, wouldn't it ruin my reputation for justice and selflessness!"

When the old woman heard this, she pretended to be annoyed, and said, "Son, why are you so pedantic! My mother has wanted you to be upright and upright since you were a child, and she wants you to have good thoughts in your heart." It is worthy of one's own heart to heaven and earth, not to be fame in the world, the way of heaven is unfair, and the evil is punished for the good!

Good people don't live long, and bad people do disasters for thousands of years. As the head of the judges, you have the right to reward the good and punish the evil, how can you foolishly believe what is written in the book of life and death, and allow the good to die unjustly and the bad to run rampant?

When Ding Yuanshan heard this, he was so frightened that he was like chaff, trembling, and he never thought that the person in front of him was actually the judge in charge of life and death!

The old woman then said, "Besides, the master of heaven is an upright man!" Since he wants to save this future life, it must be because this future life is kind-hearted. Besides, you are busy with the affairs of the underworld, and it is a shame that he will carry water and chop wood for me, and clean the courtyard. You should save his life.

The old woman's son sighed and said to Ding Yuanshan: "That's it, I will check your life merits and deeds, and if you are really a good person, I will increase your longevity! If you are a bad person, you will definitely be sent to the eighteen hells."

The judge took out a booklet from his bosom, on which were written three big characters: "Book of Life and Death"! Looking up Ding Yuanshan's name, the name was followed by a detailed record of the life and deeds of the owner of the name and the number of years of longevity.

The judge took a closer look and saw that Ding Yuanshan was indeed a person who always did good deeds and accumulated virtues! But Yangshou was only nineteen. With a big stroke of the pen, he crossed out the number, and added a few big words next to it to increase his life expectancy for sixty years. Adding up to the previous nineteen, Ding Yuanshan has seventy-nine years of life.

When Ding Yuanshan saw this, he thanked the judge and the old woman! The judge said: It is not me who saved you, but the result of your accumulation of virtue and good deeds in your life! If you are a great traitor, I will not save you.

After returning home, a few days later, Luo Hongzi came to return the clothes he borrowed that day. Ding Yuanshan told Luo Hongzi about his longevity, and asked Luo Hongzi about the origin of the judge.

Luo Hongzi said: He was a well-known judge Cui in the underworld, and he was an official in the court during his lifetime, and he was fair and strict! After his death, he was named the Yin God by Yan Jun, holding a book of life and death and a judge's pen, and he could judge people to life and death!

The reason why I didn't tell you that he was a judge was because I was afraid that you would be afraid and wouldn't dare to go! After that, Luo Hongzi said goodbye and left, and when he walked to the door, Ding Yuanshan suddenly asked: Dare to ask the name of the elder honor?

Luo Hongzi didn't look back, and said: Wuji Mon Luo Hongzi! After saying this, the person had already drifted far away.

In the next period of time, Luo Hongzi seemed to have a somewhat leisurely life! Because nothing happened during this time, even the people who mourned the heavens were pitiful! Luo Hongzi turned his head and thought, this is also a good thing, isn't peace in the world exactly what many people wish for in their lives?

On this day, it happened that Bai Jiao returned to his residence. Seeing that Bai Jiao looked tired, Luo Hongzi persuaded Bai Jiao to rest for a while!

Bai Jiao also agreed with Luo Hongzi's suggestion, because he was really tired during this time! During this time, the two also exchanged some of their own views on what they had seen and heard, as well as their views on some things.

Luo Hongzi asked: Brother Bai, I have a question! If there is something offended, I hope you can be considerate! Bai Jiao spread his hands and said that it didn't matter, meaning that it was okay for you to ask.

Seeing that he was so bold, Luo Hongzi didn't have many scruples!

Bai Jiao shook his head and said, "Although this is not absolute, most of the reality is the result of this.....!"

Luo Hongzi said: In this process, are many of these spirits unable to break through and fall short? Even if they succeed, will they have to go through the test of the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation before they can finally succeed in transforming into shapes? How many of them will be demonized, and what is the final outcome of the rest?

Bai Jiao glanced at Luo Hongzi and said: You have a lot of questions! Then I will answer you, I don't need to say more about the hardships in this process! In fact, you may be able to feel it.

Most of these spirits are fish, shrimp and crabs, and molluscs, and the most common are various snakes. In fact, these are all the same in the face of not being able to break through in the end, and the success is falling short!

The result of falling short is not just a simple fight back to its original shape! It is very likely that the whole body will explode and die. Dissipated into the world.....

And in case you really succeed by luck, just like Brother Dao said, when you succeed, it will be the day of the thunder! This is something that no one can change, not even the gods can do anything, as if it was deliberately arranged by God!

If you can get through it, then you are qualified to get out of the lower animal form and move to a higher level. If you can't make it.....

At that time, you won't even have a chance to start all over again, because you will be directly destroyed by the thunder. And among them, as Brother Dao said, part of Jackie Chan will be "blackened"!

This so-called blackening is actually demonization! The farther away they are from the original path of the righteous path of immortality, the closer they are from the path of demons, the closer they are to the path of demons.

However, Brother Dao should also understand that if there are good people in this world, there will be bad people. In the same way, there are good dragons who finally succeed in entering the path of immortals after transforming into shapes! There are also evil obstacles that completely turn into demon dragons and demon dragons after transforming into shapes.....

Luo Hongzi nodded and said: "I understand, there are good and bad things in this world, and we can't stop it! However, we can end their demonic path, so that the root cause of all disasters can be controlled in the bud.

After resting for a few more days, Luo Hongzi could no longer bear the distress of having nothing to do! He resolutely decided to go out for a while. Of course, he didn't dare to go too far, because his identity of impermanence was geographically limited.

If he goes too far, once something happens to the territory under his jurisdiction, then he will be in trouble! Bai Jiao has already set off to find clues, so Luo Hongzi leisurely and slowly embarked on the road of cloud travel!

On this day, Luo Hongzi wandered in the world and accidentally heard an anecdote from the villagers. said that recently, there was a young woodcutter named Zhou Kangda, who caused a catastrophe because he released a demon dragon.

Luo Hongzi was a little curious about this matter, so he asked the villagers for the address and found the young woodcutter Zhou Kangda.

After finding Zhou Kangda, the young woodcutter told Luo Hongzi and Pan the ins and outs of the whole matter. It turned out that this week, Kangda had been chopping wood for a living because of his family's poverty. On this day, Zhou Kangda went to the mountains to chop firewood as usual.

As soon as I came to the mountain, I saw dark clouds in the sky, thunder roared, and it was about to rain. At this time, it was too late to go home, and he suddenly remembered that there was a deserted temple not far in front of him, so he wanted to go to the temple to take shelter from the rain.

When I came to the deserted temple, I saw that the front of the temple gate was overgrown with weeds, and the temple gate was dilapidated! I don't know how many years I hadn't been here. A dilapidated plaque hangs above the temple gate, and three large golden characters "Sanqing Temple" can be faintly seen written on it.

This temple has been abandoned since Zhou Kangda can remember! According to the elders, this temple was once also full of incense. It's just that somehow, it slowly declined later! The Taoist people also ran out, and no one came to incense again!

Later, the grass was overgrown here, and the dilapidated scene made it look quite gloomy and terrifying from a distance! Therefore, no one dared to come here on weekdays.

At this time, it was already raining in the sky, and Zhou Kangda hurriedly pushed open the temple door and entered the temple to avoid the rain. Coming to the Sanqing Hall facing the temple gate, the hall is very dilapidated, full of cobwebs! There is an incense platform in front of it, on which the statue of Sanqing is enshrined, and the statue is also covered with dust.

Boredom in the temple, so Kangda walked back and forth that week, waiting for the rain to stop. Suddenly, I found that there seemed to be something hidden behind the statue of Sanqing, and when I looked closely, it was actually a copper box. So Zhou Kangda took out the copper box and brushed off the dust on it.

He was overjoyed to see that this bronze box was very exquisitely made, densely carved with patterns!

So he tried to open the box, but due to the passage of time, the box became patina and could not be opened. I had to give up, planning to take it home and find a way.

After about half an hour, the rain gradually stopped, and the sky cleared. Zhou Kangda walked out of the Sanqing Hall with the copper box, but as soon as he came out of the Sanqing Palace, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder!

This made Zhou Kangda wonder! I thought, how can this thundercloud compete with himself?

It was not a way to stay in this ruined temple all the time, so Zhou Kangda no longer cared about the thunderclouds in the sky, listened to the rumbling sound of lightning and thunder in the air, and walked back home. Luckily, it didn't rain on the way!

When he came to the house, Zhou Kangda found tools, and with great effort, he finally pried open the copper box. However, when I looked into the box, I was immediately frightened and my scalp was numb! There was a small snake in the box, I don't know how many years it had been in the box, but it was still not dead, it was still wriggling.

When the little snake saw that the box was opened, he looked up at the sky, trembling all over, and seemed to be very afraid! At this time, a thunder suddenly sounded in the air, and Zhou Kangda looked into the air, only to see the wind and clouds surging in the air, and the black clouds covering the sky and the sun!

I only felt that there was a faint thunder and lightning shuttling through it, which was completely different from the scene when it rained and thundered on weekdays.

When the little snake saw this, it suddenly rose up from the box, and it grew in the wind, and in an instant it turned into a giant dragon more than ten zhang long! It had horns on its head, a dragon's mane on its neck, and limbs under its abdomen, and roared in the sky.

The thunder and lightning in the black clouds seemed to have found their target, and they blasted straight towards the dragon. How could the dragon be able to defeat this brilliant heavenly might, with a terrible roar, the skin was opened by the thunder, and it was dying in an instant!

There was a rumbling sound in the pitch-black clouds, and ten thousand thunders rushed towards the dragon again. After a thunderclap that resounded through the heavens and the earth, the smell of burning filled the air. The dragon was burned by ten thousand thunders, his whole body was scorched, black as charcoal, and when it was blown by the wind, it was instantly turned to ashes!

In an instant, the dark clouds dissipated and the sun shone brightly. Seeing this, Zhou Kangda was speechless in shock!

The sky thundered and struck the dragon, and this vision was seen by many people in Zhou Kangda's village. A few days later, in the midst of chatting, Zhou Kangda retrieved a copper box from Sanqing Temple that day, and opened it to reveal the matter of the little snake turning into a dragon. The villagers present were shocked!

The villagers all speculated, saying that Zhou Kangda almost ran into a catastrophe! They said that the box should be a magic weapon to seal the demon dragon, and the box was engraved with a charm to seal the demon. But Zhou Kangda mistakenly opened the box and released the demon dragon.

When Zhou Kangda heard this, he was also terrified! If it weren't for the heavenly thunder that killed the demon dragon, he would have almost made a big mistake.

When Luo Hongzi heard this, he said: Can I take a look at the box that sealed the demon dragon? Zhou Kangda readily agreed, and took the box to Luo Hongzi to see.

Luo Hongzi looked at it and said with a smile: It's a shame that you opened this box and released the demon dragon inside, otherwise, I'm afraid that there will be a catastrophe in the nearby villages!

Zhou Kangda was puzzled after hearing this, and asked: How can the Taoist chief say this?

Luo Hongzi said: What is engraved on this box is not a charm for sealing demons, but a charm for avoiding lightning! The dragon you see should be transformed by a snake that has practiced for thousands of years, and a snake that has practiced for thousands of years can get a dragon body! However, when Jackie Chan is a dragon, it will also attract thunder tribulation.

If you accumulate virtue and do good deeds on weekdays, it will be easy to cross this thunder tribulation, but if you do many evil things and often do harmful things, it will be difficult to cross this thunder tribulation as ascending to the sky.

This dragon must be an evil dragon, so he is afraid of thunder! So he hid in this box and put it in the Sanqing Temple, so the thunder did not dare to strike. In order to avoid lightning tribulation, five years later, it is the year of Shen Geng, and it is a rare demon year in a thousand years!

At that time, the demonic spirit will be soaring to the sky, the demonic path will be prosperous and the heavenly path will be weak! The power of the thunder tribulation will also be greatly reduced. Then the dragon will be able to break out of the box and survive the catastrophe, and then it will surely cause trouble!

When Zhou Kangda heard this, he was speechless! He never thought that he had inadvertently removed a calamity. Suddenly, he remembered something, and said, "Then who did this box?" Isn't the person who made this box helping this evil dragon to survive the calamity and help the evil dragon to commit abuse?

Luo Hongzi looked at the copper box, and then looked at the lightning protection charm engraved on it. After pondering for a moment, he said: A hundred years ago, there was a great sage of the Daomen here, and the Taoist name was Yunyang Zhenren. Practicing in the Sanqing Temple, he has a prominent reputation and profound Taoism.....

My master once had the honor to visit him, and he was given a Zhenshan talisman, which is like a treasure and has been passed down to this day! I often go up to look at it, and now I see the spell engraved on this box, and the technique is consistent with the Zhenshan talisman, and I think that this box is made by the real person of Yunyang.

He is a great sage of the Taoist sect and highly respected, but why did he help the evil dragon to cross the catastrophe? Zhou Kangda was very puzzled!

Luo Hongzi sighed and said: Now that I think about it, that Yunyang real person can live for more than 200 years, I am afraid that it is related to that evil dragon! Dragon blood is an immortal elixir, and eating it can prolong life. Yunyang Zhenren must have obtained the dragon's blood in order to live forever, so as to help the evil dragon cross the catastrophe!

It is said that Yunyang's true humanity has reached the heavens, and it has reached the realm of feathering into immortals! However, when he became an immortal, he failed to survive the thunder tribulation and was wiped out by the thunderbolt. Now that I think about it, it should be that he was in the same stream with the evil dragon, aiding in the abuse, being intolerable by the Heavenly Dao, and being killed by the Heavenly Thunder!

And the Sanqing Temple where Yunyang Zhenren is located has declined since then, which should also be the result of retribution.

After hearing this, Zhou Kangda sighed! I didn't think that a fairy-like character on weekdays would do such a thing for his own selfishness.....

Luo Hongzi sighed: Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts! The more people who pretend to be kind, whose mouths are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, who open their mouths for the people and close their mouths for the common people, the more dark their hearts may become.....

After this matter was clarified, Luo Hongzi also said goodbye and left. But when he was leaving, he took away the bronze box with the lightning charm painted on it! it was not suitable in the hands of a mortal, and he could not use it.

On this day, Bai Jiao sent a message to Luo Hongzi through a special method, saying that he would meet in a small fishing village on the coast of the East China Sea. Luo Hongzi didn't hesitate, and came to the small fishing village without saying a word!

After seeing Bai Jiao, he knew that Bai Jiao was in a hurry to find him, so what was the matter! It turned out that Bai Jiao had found some news and wanted Luo Hongzi to go with him to continue the investigation.

Because Bai Jiao inquired about something, he felt that this matter might be related to his sister. The reason is that there is a merchant named Qian Fugui, who often goes overseas with merchant ships to Yiguo, sells silk and satin, buys some spices, and earns interest margins.

Although this kind of livelihood is a huge profit, it is also extremely dangerous! Once a merchant ship encounters a stormy sea at sea, which cannot bear it, it will be buried at the bottom of the sea, and it will often be robbed by pirates and killed by bandits.

Therefore, this kind of livelihood cannot be done for a long time, but money and wealth are only three years! Usually the expenses are very large, and I can't make that hard living, so I have to make money!

On this day, Qian Fugui drifted across the ocean with a merchant ship, but unexpectedly encountered a pirate on the way! After being slashed, he lost his wit and pretended to be dead. and took advantage of the fact that Haikou was not paying attention, and put down the boat for emergency escape, so that he escaped death and escaped the catastrophe!

But there was no water to drink in the boat, and there was no food! The rich and wealthy man wandered in the sea for three days, hungry and thirsty. In addition, the wound festered and could not be supported, so he finally passed out.

I don't know how long it took for him to regain his senses. However, as soon as Qian Fugui woke up, he found that he was fluttering, hanging in the air! The surrounding area was full of forests, and it was actually in a mountain. When I looked down, I was stunned! I saw a person lying horizontally below, and it was myself.

The side was full of people, dressed strangely, it seemed to be the clothes of the pre-Qin period, and they seemed to be very anxious.

At this moment, I saw a person hurrying over, and the onlookers hurriedly flashed out a way! The man came to "himself" and put a fruit the size of a red date into "himself" mouth. Qian Fugui only felt a strange force coming, and involuntarily fell towards his body.

At first, he felt weak and weak, and the wound was painful, but as the fruit in his mouth gradually turned into a sweet juice and slipped into his stomach. I suddenly felt that my whole body was transparent, all my limbs were comfortable, and my wounds were healed!

Feeling like a dream, Qian Fugui opened his eyes and sat up. When I looked around, I realized that what I saw in the air was real! There were people all around, and I immediately understood that I must have left my soul when I was about to die, but fortunately I was rescued.

Qian Fugui stood up and thanked everyone! As soon as they talked, they found that they didn't understand what everyone was saying! It was a bit similar to an old saying. After talking for a long time, with the help of gestures, I roughly understood what happened after I passed out.

It turned out that after Qian Fugui fainted, the boat was rocking in the sea. He was discovered by the people of the place and brought him up the mountain. Because he had not eaten a drop of water for many days, and his injuries had not been cured, he was already dying!

Fortunately, however, there is an immortal tree in the mountains, which bears the fruit of longevity, which can bring the newly dead back to life. Ordinary people eat it, which can increase the longevity of nails. After eating the longevity fruit, Qian Fugui picked up a life!

After hearing this, Qian Fugui felt very incredible! I didn't want such a magical fairy fruit in the world. If such immortal fruits are sold to dignitaries and even the Son of Heaven, I don't know how much money they can get in exchange! For a while, I couldn't help but be greedy.....

But said that the people here are kind-hearted and friendly, and invite Qian Fugui to recuperate here for a few days.

After living for a few days, Qian Fugui learned from the mountain people that the name of this mountain was Zhongshan! There are hundreds of miles in radius. Miraculously, the mountain is suspended in the sea! And there is no sun or moon in the mountain. Looking at the sky, the sky was gray, and the alternation between day and night was irregular!

Sometimes the days are longer and the nights are shorter, sometimes the days are short and the nights are long! Sometimes the days and nights alternate frequently, sometimes day, sometimes night. The sky is also flickering, very strange!

He lived here for a few more days, and learned that the immortal tree was on the top of the mountain. The mountain people eat an immortal fruit every 60 years, so everyone can live forever.

After thinking about it for a long time, Qian Fugui decided to steal the longevity fruit. This longevity fruit is also extremely precious to the mountain people, and if they ask for it directly, they may not be willing to give it to themselves.

That night, Qian Fugui took advantage of the mountain people's sleep and climbed to the top of the mountain. There is an altar on the top of the mountain, I don't know who is used for the sacrifice! There is a tree next to the altar, which is very thick. A few people couldn't hold it! But it was not tall, and the branches were luxuriant.