457: Chapter 44 The Inexorable Trend_2 457: Chapter 44 The Inexorable Trend_2 Duan Zhao scratched his head, unable to help himself from muttering a question, “Just how do you two know each other?”
He was really curious.
Even a killer like the young mountain master would save someone?
Da Sui Sword Palace and Fan Yin Temple are tens of thousands of miles apart, how did he save this little monk?
“Destiny…
is indescribably wondrous.”
Mi Yun just gave a faint smile, saying no more.
Before this journey to the west, the master had reminded him that when Buddhist monks are outside the monastery, they should speak as little as possible.
Actually, he understood this principle.
Mi Yun, who studied the Way of Cause and Effect, had long noticed that the fate of his lifesaver was quite different from others.
As for what happened that day at the South Border and the specific details of this “lifesaving debt,” Mi Yun naturally glossed over it.
Seeing the little monk remain silent, Duan Zhao didn’t ask further.
Actually, he didn’t really care how the young mountain master got to know Mi Yun.
Duan Zhao raised his eyebrows, throwing out the question he really cared about, “So…
now that your Honored Uncle and your benefactor are fighting, who do you hope will win?”
“Do you want to hear the truth, Donor?”
Mi Yun sincerely looked at this youth who was only a few years older than himself, having already felt that he had come with “hostility.”
Sure enough, Duan Zhao approached him just to throw out this tricky question.
“Of course, I want to hear the truth.”
Duan Zhao said with a smile: “Moreover…monks do not speak falsely; could the little master actually lie?”
“…”
Mi Yun fell into a brief silence.
At the summit of Red Mountain, many people were waiting for his answer.
The mission from Fan Yin Temple on this trip to the west heavily suppressed Great Chu Imperial City.
This last day.
If Miao Zhen’s golden body could not be broken, this trip to the west would be a true great success…
How could Mi Yun hope for his Honored Uncle to be defeated?
Yet Xie Zhen was Mi Yun’s lifesaver, who had just performed a kneeling salute to express gratitude, proclaiming in front of everyone his intention to repay the debt well.
This question is tantamount to placing him between a rock and a hard place.
No matter what he said, it would be wrong.
“Amitabha…”
Mi Yun chuckled, saying, “This humble monk hopes that Donor Xie will win.”
“Lies are for dogs.”
Duan Zhao stared into the little monk’s eyes.
“Yes.”
Although Mi Yun had been silent for a few moments earlier, his eyes did not show any signs of being troubled.
As if this thorny question wasn’t actually a big deal to him…
Mi Yun now spoke with a calm demeanor: “Honored donors, this humble monk has not lied.
If there is to be a victor at the top of the Golden Body Tower…
this humble monk hopes it will be Donor Xie.
In fact, Donor Xie should have already won.”
Rain poured down heavily on Red Mountain.
The Holy Light of Buddha Country receded.
However, the “luck” concentrated atop the Golden Body Tower did not fade or diminish but intensified instead.
This time.
Even without using the Observing Qi Skill, even just by looking with naked eyes, you could see the anomalies of the Golden Body Tower.
Within the dark skies at the heavenly peak, thunder was drawn by the concentration of luck, gathering to a single point.
These past few days, the “luck” drawn by the sermons given by the mission from Fan Yin Temple was all there.
“The young mountain master…
has already won?”
Duan Zhao paused for a moment, Deng Baiyi furrowed his handsome brows, Wu Yue, Shang Yi, and all the challengers felt the vast aura emanating from the Golden Body Tower at this moment, the ethereal luck gathered by Fan Yin Temple through “sermons” seemed to solidify into a giant bell.
Luck comes with a source and must have a destination.
“If this battle is over, why has Xie Zhen not emerged from the tower?”
Yu Wenzhong, of straightforward nature, couldn’t help but ask.
“Just because this battle is over, does not mean that today is over.”
Mi Yun narrowed his eyes and spoke softly, “Fan Yin Temple invited everyone to enter Buddha Country and ascend Red Mountain today…it’s naturally not just to watch a simple ‘breaking of the golden body.'”
“The real show…
lies with the luck…”
Deng Baiyi murmured, raising her paper umbrella, casting her gaze towards the distant Golden Tower in the sky.
Actually, she had a premonition that something was amiss.
When ascending Red Mountain, Xie Zhen reminded herself…
What was the purpose of Fan Yin Temple’s envoy preaching for seven days, gathering fate and destiny?
The bold statements released by Miao Zhen, the Golden Light Array in front of Great Pudu Temple, the many barriers in Buddha Country, everything the Fan Yin Temple envoy did, were actually all balanced on an extremely delicate scale.
All of this.
Was for the sake of waiting for a so-called person of destiny.
This person of destiny, at first, was thought to be “Jun Mountain.”
Before the Buddha’s son began the confrontation, he proclaimed through the Golden Scroll…
if Xie Zhen could not break his golden body, then let Jun Mountain come again, this shout seemed like casual words, but now, from the perspective of a “spectator,” it actually carried profound implications.
If Xie Zhen were defeated, would Jun Mountain have to step up again?
Mi Yun, as a Buddhist disciple, sincerely hoped Xie Zhen would win?
If she had not cut the vision on the Golden Scroll,
Deng Baiyi would have seen more, she would have seen the Buddha’s son deliberately sharing a portion of fate…
into Xie Zhen’s hands.
All of this, was enough to confirm one thing.
The mission of the envoy’s journey West, everything they did, was to enable that “person of destiny” to accomplish the feat of breaking the golden body.
…
…
“Having the Impermeable Golden Body shattered doesn’t seem to be a big deal for you.”
“Victory and defeat are common in warfare, losing one battle in the Cave Heaven Realm is nothing…
moreover, this isn’t really a confrontation in the truest sense, being pierced through the golden body by your sword is not shameful.”
“If Jun Mountain took your place, you would lose just the same.”
“Perhaps, probably, it should…
be so.”
“You hoped the Golden Body would be broken.”
“…”
Silence.
A long silence.
Only the pitter-patter of rain could be heard between the two, the cracks opening in Buddha Country were quickly repaired by the rules, and the top of the Golden Body Tower returned to tranquility.
Xie Xuanyi’s Sword Qi, however, turned the sword tip, pointing it towards the tall monk before him.
The battle of the Golden Body had ended.
But this meeting at the Golden Body Tower hadn’t.
Xie Xuanyi felt no unrest, danger, or agitation in his Heart Lake…
This meant that today’s layout of the Golden Body Tower concealed no murderous intent, and the next thing Miao Zhen intended to do would pose no threat to him.
“I owe Xie Benefactor a request.”
Miao Zhen’s brows and eyes lowered, changing from the rage encountered at Moss Ridge to a serene expression: “Whatever Xie Benefactor wishes to ask, just speak directly.”
“The request you owe me is not so easily repaid.”
Xie Xuanyi chuckled lightly.
He raised his head to look at the Heavenly Peak of Buddha Country and slowly said, “Let me guess what Fan Yin Temple really aims to do…
Traveling a great distance, arriving at Great Chu Imperial City, preaching for seven days, under the guise of the envoy’s journey West, drawing a great deal of fate and destiny, if this fate was concentrated on one person, it would be a tremendous opportunity.”
Miao Zhen listened quietly, without interruption.
“But if you intended to collect this fate to bolster your own realm to its peak, then in today’s battle, you would never let yourself fall easily.”
Xie Xuanyi said calmly, “Clearly, this fate is not accumulated for yourself…”
Miao Zhen opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something.
Xie Xuanyi continued, “Though the fate is significant, if placed in the entire Li Kingdom, it seems insignificant, trivial…
This fate is not gathered for Li Kingdom either.”
Hearing this, the Buddha’s son couldn’t help showing an appreciative and reflective expression.
“If you really intended to win, you wouldn’t have shared this fate with me.
Obviously, you hoped that I could break this golden body, or else, Jun Mountain would take the task.
If I’m not wrong, if the person entering the temple today was Jun Mountain, he would also have the opportunity to break this golden body.”
“You strategize and endeavor to do this, simply to use the fate of the ‘person of destiny’ to further elevate the influence gathered by the Golden Body Tower.”
Xie Xuanyi paused and enunciated each word, “You are leveraging.
Leveraging the momentum of Great Chu’s young talents and the genius capable of breaking through the Living Buddha’s golden body…but this fate you’ve gathered must have a destination.”
After a short silence.
Xie Xuanyi uttered two words: “…
Buddha Bone.”
“It is so.”
The young monk let out a long sigh, revealing a smile.
The Golden Body Tower began to tremble, countless rays of Holy Light converged at the tip of the tower, myriad golden lines and fate combined to form a dry, broken, incomplete skull.
Miao Zhen sincerely admired and said: “Xie Benefactor, you are indeed an extraordinary person.”