However, in his eyes at this moment, the clear blue sky was like the scythe of death suspended in the firmament, mercilessly reaping the lives of all living beings.
Damn it, how long has it been since it rained?
He doesn't remember...
Could this be what spiritual practitioners call destiny, or even calamity?
...
After leaving the city, Xiao Ning came to a forest and threw the deer demon to the ground.
Xiao Ning looked at the deer demon and demanded, "Just now in the city, you seemed to have said something untruthful, so I spared your life. Who is behind you three demons? Confess honestly!"
Overwhelmed by his imposing presence, the deer demon replied in a daze, "More than five hundred years ago, my three brothers and I encountered the Arhat Subduing Dragon who was spreading Buddhist teachings. We were enlightened and became Buddhists!"
"With Grandpa Luohan's protection, my two brothers and I can cultivate in Langya County on ordinary days. Even if we occasionally slaughter human villages for cultivation purposes, no one dares to cause us any trouble!"
"Therefore, the cultivation of the three of us brothers has progressed rapidly. Our eldest brother, Tiger Power Immortal, has already reached the Golden Core Realm, but he dares not undergo the Transformation Tribulation, so his cultivation has not advanced any further!"
"My third brother and I have also entered the Longevity Realm!"
"About half a year ago, Grandpa Luohan suddenly appeared, found my three brothers and instructed us to do something. He said that a great drought was about to hit the world and asked my three brothers to come to the Song Kingdom to pretend to be Taoist disciples, take the opportunity to stir up trouble and ruin the reputation of Taoism!"
"That's all I know, please, immortal, spare me!"
After the deer demon finished speaking, he repeatedly begged for mercy.
His words took Xiao Ning by surprise.
Although he had long heard of the filth between Buddhism and Taoism, what the deer demon said now directly shattered his worldview.
The Arhat who subdues dragons in Buddhism is a renowned figure in the Three Realms. Legend has it that he was also a human who cultivated himself to attain enlightenment.
But no one expected that they would commit such a heinous act.
Tolerating demons to eat and harm people is merely a means to attack rivals and frame the Taoist sect; they will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.
Having lost all humanity, how are they any different from beasts?
At this moment, Xiao Ning felt a deep-seated malice towards the entire Buddhist community.
Then, Xiao Ning thought of something deeper. If he was right, perhaps the Arhat Subduing Dragon had more to do.
He instigated three demons to impersonate Taoist disciples and wreak havoc on the human world. Then, he descended to the mortal realm as the Arhat Subduing Dragon to eliminate the demons, which not only dealt a blow to his opponents but also gained him a wave of faith.
What a brilliant tactic!
As for those humans who died because of this, what does that have to do with him, the Arhat who subdues dragons?
However, plans can't keep up with changes.
Before the Arhat Subduing Dragon could manifest his power and descend to the mortal realm to display his divine abilities, Xiao Ning had already intercepted the three demons who were causing havoc on the world. Two of them were eliminated, leaving only the last tiger demon still at large.
"You've brought calamity upon the world, and you still dare to beg for mercy? Die!"
With a casual slap, Xiao Ning swiftly and cleanly killed the deer demon, and also collected its essence.
"The Buddhist sect, which appears to be all-encompassing in compassion, actually has this disgusting face. It's unbelievable that their compassion is just a facade; in reality, the struggle for lineage is as fierce as fire and water!"
Xiao Ning suddenly realized something and thought to himself, "The struggle for the Dao is more brutal than any other struggle. The so-called struggle for the throne in the world's dynasties is not even worthy of carrying shoes in the face of the struggle for the Dao!"
"The struggle is a fight to the death; there is no turning back, no room for compromise, and it's beyond your imagination!"
Cultivators are not as detached from worldly affairs as one might imagine; they simply disdain to compete. However, they do care about something: the lineage and inheritance of their respective paths.
For the sake of the struggle for orthodoxy, they were even willing to massacre the world, even if it meant rivers of blood and turning the world into hell.
However, Xiao Ning had rarely experienced worlds involving Dao disputes in the past, so he had never heard of or even witnessed such things.
For other cultivators in this world, however, this was already commonplace.
Thinking of this, he felt a deep sadness.
The severe drought across the country is clearly the result of a power struggle among several factions, which has affected innocent civilians.
But how innocent are the hundreds of millions of ordinary people in the world?
Why suffer this calamity?
Walking slowly through the bare rocks.
The surroundings were desolate, and looking up, one could see the scorching sun.
Xiao Ning fell into deep thought.
He naturally understood the principles that the magistrate of Lingyun County understood.
A severe drought has struck, and on this vast land, how many evil spirits are taking advantage of the situation to wreak havoc, reaping faith in order to break through their cultivation levels?
If this severe drought cannot be stopped, there will likely be countless more tragedies similar to those in Lingyun County.
"The number of days...when will it rain?"
As he pondered, Xiao Ning's figure slowly rose up and hovered in mid-air. His gaze slowly swept over the parched earth and dried-up rivers.
“The world is constantly changing, and if a drought occurs in this area, then rain will inevitably fall in other areas, and may even cause a major flood.”
"So, where is that place that is about to experience a massive flood?"