Chapter 1634: Chapter 1636: Damn, There’s a Bald Donkey Here!
The golden formation soared into the sky, with the huge hexagonal formation pattern slowly rotating and mysterious Buddhist runes manifesting, resonating with the whispers of ancient deities.
This is a teleportation formation from the foot of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, far surpassing any formation of the Pure Land. It was built by the Buddha himself, with ancient roots.
After Elder Monk Lingtai finished the final pre-battle mobilization, all the monks disappeared into the golden Buddha light.
“Gun in hand, follow me, kill the bald donkey, snatch the Dao Fruit!”
Ergouzi howled at the sky, startling the remaining civilians in the restaurant.
Li Xiaobai swung a backhand slap, sending Ergouzi spinning 360 degrees in place and crashing to the ground.
“Stop making noise.”
“An ordinary cultivation dog wouldn’t talk.”
Liu Jinshui whispered a reminder from the side, and Ergouzi became melancholic as the two men and a dog slowly proceeded towards Lingyin Temple.
Li Xiaobai solemnly said, “Remember, once inside, head straight for the Fortune Pool without hesitation to avoid missing the battle opportunity!”
“Understood!”
In front of the mountain gate of Lingyin Temple.
The monks stationed on both sides saw the strange team of two men and a dog and immediately stepped forward to question them.
“Amitabha, who are you?”
Li Xiaobai stepped forward to speak, “Amitabha, esteemed masters, I am entrusted by Master Guangling Zi of Cold Moon Temple and Master Juehu of Arhat Monastery to come to Lingyin Temple for an important matter to report to Supervisory Master Lingtai. I hope you can accommodate.”
“Master Lingtai is not here. The battle at the front lines is urgent, so come back later to report.”
The monk guard spoke with indifference, showing no regard for Li Xiaobai’s words. In these times, even a cat or dog can impersonate a high monk, not to mention that when Lingtai left, he issued a strict order not to let anyone through.
“They all went to war?”
“Are there only you two around here?”
Li Xiaobai looked around, and the vicinity of the mountain gate was quite deserted, with no sign of people.
“So what, go back and wait. You two can come back when Master Lingtai returns in triumph!”
The monk guard impatiently said, clearly annoyed.
But suddenly, another seemed to sense something and became vigilant, watching Li Xiaobai and Liu Jinshui with a cold voice, “What do you want to do?”
“Hehehe, since the Masters are keeping an empty house alone, there’s no threat. Take them down!”
Li Xiaobai squinted slightly, and with a wave of his longsword, in an instant, the knees of the gate disciples softened, and they knelt on the ground. His 100% skill from the Four Parts Observation Realm was not something little gatekeepers could compare to.
“Tie them up and toss them into the Land of Extreme Evil for labor reform.”
“Or better yet, twist their heads off and throw them into the Lake of Resentful Spirits, refining them into Great Resentment Species is also a good choice, and they’re loyal.”
Liu Jinshui and Ergouzi exchanged ideas on how to deal with the gate disciples, making the Buddhists feel cold all over, with their hair standing on end.
“Sirs, my mouth is the tightest, and I won’t let a word slip!”
“I—”
Before they could finish, a ripple appeared in the void, and Liu Jinshui, with a hand each, directly tossed the two into it. This was a small world created by the power of space-time and could be opened at any time.
Liu Jinshui said, “Throw them in first and deal with them later, don’t delay the main business.”
Li Xiaobai, “Well said, let’s head to the Fortune Pool first!”
He focused on the system, casually brushing two million high-grade rare earth resources, pulling out two special temporary worker experience cards. As expected, two cute Little Princes were summoned.
Each wore a Human Skin Mask, with the small braid on their foreheads shaved off, disguising themselves as gate disciples.
“Little junior brother has quite a few secrets!”
Liu Jinshui’s eyes shone with interest as he once again saw the figure of this Little Prince, a terrifying child mastering the power of time.
The two children behind were momentarily bewildered and then began to tussle with each other. Each temporary worker has its own personality and characteristics, incapable of altering thoughts, and Li Xiaobai didn’t mind as long as they weren’t discovered in the short term.
Minor frictions between Buddhist disciples are normal.
“Through the buildings ahead is the Hundred Thousand Mountains!”
Leading the way ahead, Li Xiaobai easily bypassed the monastery to reach the back mountain. With the core monks of Lingyin Temple sent to the border battlefield, almost no monks were left stationed, allowing the two men and a dog to roam unimpeded within the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
“That’s the stone pagoda, containing terrifying Power of Faith. Monks in Buddhism cultivate there with half the effort and twice the results.”
“That’s the cave, a test that monks of Lingyin Temple must pass upon entry, judged by the depth of excavation to determine the disciple’s cultivation level.”
“There should be the Fortune Pool, concealed amidst the bamboo forest, with steam rising, utterly serene, and even from several miles away, one can feel the energy fluctuations emanating from within.”
Along the way, Liu Jinshui’s clone commented on every Buddhist resource along the route, expressing them clearly and plainly.
Li Xiaobai couldn’t help but grit his teeth, wanting to punch his sixth senior brother again, realizing how thoroughly he understood Lingyin Temple, yet he hadn’t disclosed any information earlier.
“Lord Ergouzi finally feels the familiar aura, a call from the depths of the soul!”
“Cultivation of the Dao Fruit Realm is beckoning to me!”
Ergouzi’s eyes grew brighter, like twinkling stars in the night.
“Didn’t you already say you felt it in the restaurant?”
Li Xiaobai glanced askew at it, asking offhandedly.
“That was nonsense, how could you sense it from so far away? Lingyin Temple’s formation blocks the aura, and no one could detect a special aura unless they came inside.”
Ergouzi absentmindedly replied, its eyes fixated on the crater.
“…”
Li Xiaobai had black lines across his forehead, feeling the damn dog was spouting nonsense again. Fortunately, the trip wasn’t in vain, for there were indeed Dao Fruits within the Fortune Pool, or else they would have been miserably fooled.
The mangy dog truly is unreliable.
“I wonder if there’s still a high monk stationed within the Fortune Pool; let’s conceal our aura and sneak in.”
Ergouzi instantly became the team’s backbone, pulling out a talisman from who knows where, burning it, and the soil immediately softened. The two men and the dog submerged, merging with the earth, swimming forward like fish.
Liu Jinshui complained, “Earth Escape Talisman, one of the ancient runes. If you had taken this treasure out earlier, we wouldn’t have delayed so long on the road.”
“Arriving early wouldn’t have allowed us to see Lingtai leading the monastery monks away. This timing is so perfect, it’s practically heaven’s will!”
“I’m about to gain cultivation; you two can stay by my side as lackeys!”
Ergouzi was very excited, transforming into a brownish-yellow light and leading the two men out from underground. With a light step, they landed at the edge of the Fortune Pool.
But no sooner did it start to celebrate than its expression froze. An old monk sat before them, in ragged clothes, exuding a rancid smell, completely motionless as in deep meditation, only a finger away from them. If they had emerged even slightly closer, they would have been face-to-face.
“Holy crap, there’s a bald donkey here!”