Liangzhou Province, Pingcheng County.
"Quick, quick, quick, get those sandbags up."
Hui Neng, with his upper body stripped bare, was giving orders while driving a wooden stake into the riverbed with his palm, and piling up sandbags handed from behind after the stake.
The second disciple of the Awakened from Buddha Country now bore no semblance to a monk; his robe was half-doffed, loosely hanging around his waist, revealing bronzed muscles, and hair had started to grow on his head. He spoke not with his usual brevity and calm but was shouting loudly amidst the noise of the waves, looking every bit like a foreman.
Since that encounter with Jiang Li, who had slain a dragon, and after being influenced by Jiang's tactics, Hui Neng had stayed in Pingcheng County to help the locals with flood defense, slaying demons, and protecting the people.
