Chapter 542: 542: Xiao Jin, the Golden Lotus
Everyone felt the pressure this Mid Huashen Realm Golem had emitted except for the Moon Goddess who possessed Late Huashen Realm, the Immortal Sun Emperor who is a lot stronger than the golem and Su Hialun who become the successor almost everyone suffered from this coercion. Those at Huashen Realm were given a warning and they keep it at heart.
The stone golem, Growler, looks at the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor and pleads, {I hope his highnesses to not take everything in the hall and leave some to the successor.}
"Don’t worry. I am not interested in grass and animals," said Shen Jueyang.
Yue Xuexia, the Moon Goddess also promised, "I will only take what I need. Only two to three pieces exist in this hall."
{That’s great. Please don’t worry about the successor. I will protect her.} The stone golem said.
Yue Xuexia looked at her grandparents who nodded at her smiling.
She looked at the couple, Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue. "There is a phoenix ice herb in the far north. It’s guarded by an Ice Snow Leopard at Early Huashen Realm. This herb had effects of strengthening the soul and body for those with Nine Yin Meridians. It’s suitable for you both. Be careful."
Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue were delighted with what they heard and clasped their hands before the Moon Goddess.
"Thank you for your guidance, Mistress!" Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue said before taking their leave.
The moment they left, a lot of cultivators from the groups had also split and run around the forest to find what they wanted. After the others left there were others that approached Yue Xuexia for help. After all, they only have three days to find precious items within the hall. There are also those who are in need of special kinds of immortal herbs for some unknown reason.
Among these people, the Buddha’s heir and his two disciples: Hu Ren and Hu Gu, come over to where the Moon Goddess is.
A monk with a strand of divine blessing and exquisite face more attractive than Hu Ren appeared. He appears before the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor and greets them with respect.
"This monk is from the Golden Lotus Temple named Hu Tengyu. They also called me the buddha’s heir. A pleasure to meet two esteemed individuals from the world beyond."
"Bald monk, there is no legacy from your buddha in this place. That old thing is still alive after all. You came into this dungeon for nothing,"
Shen Jueyang said.Yue Xuexia gave him an elbow enough to stop him from talking.
Urk!
"Xue’er?" Shen Jueyang calls.
The Moon Goddess ignored him and clasped her hands before the senior in front of him. Despite this monk looking someone from his twenties he is definitely a few hundred older than she is. Moreover, this is one of the people who had lent her grandfather a hand that day to save her.
"The name is Yue Xuexia. Nice to meet you, Senior Hu."
The monks didn’t expect the Moon Goddess to treat Hu Tengyu with such respect. Even though his politeness is only due to age difference, it is still unbelievable.
Monk Hu Tengyu said, "This is a surprise. Aren’t the Empress supposed to be a reincarnated one from the world beyond."
"Her legacy has been accepted by me. However, she and I are not the same person but with the same origin," the Moon Goddess said.
The Buddha’s Heir thought for a moment and understood something. But he didn’t ask more questions about this topic as this seems to be a secret of the Moon Goddess.
"I see, your situation is like that. Split souls with different lives and fate. No wonder! No wonder. How interesting!" The Buddha’s Heir, Hu Tengyu said.
Yue Xuexia didn’t mind the reaction of the monk in front of her and just asked, "We will need to leave now. Can you tell me what you need?"
"Oh, sorry. I was a bit surprised. Child, I want to ask for your help with something. Can you please tell the old man if there is a tree of life in this hall. I just need one fruit to cure a friend," Monk Hu Tengyu said. "Of course, I won’t ask for the information for free. I heard you got a seedling of the Golden Lotus. I can help you mature it enough for it to gain a human form. How about it?"
Yue Xuexia stared at the smiling monk that doesn’t act like a monk and summoned her little golden lotus. The golden lotus had grown a lot from Yue Huashui’s feeding from before. Now it’s at the same size as when she first met Yue Huashui.
Monk Hu Tengyu was delighted seeing such a huge golden lotus, "Oh~ its bee was taken care of well. If it’s like this then it only needs one more push."
The monk started chanting sutras which the golden lotus had absorbed. This golden lotus is about different from Yue Huaxue and Yue Huashui who can grow up just by eating alone. What this little one needs is divine power that fits it and luck of the world. Yue Xuexia had given it luck from the world however she couldn’t find a divine power that suited it to grow up. That’s why it couldn’t change its form to human.
The monks that served Buddha had a connection to the golden lotus. After observing the sutras from the Buddha’s Heir. Under his chanting the little golden lotus glowed and its petals started closing and it shrunk in size. But the luster of its golden shade had increased a lot. It shrank to the size of a human baby and felt in the embrace of the Moon Goddess.
{Mama, baby is sleepy~. See you later.}
A voice was heard coming from the closed bud of the golden lotus flower in Yue Xuexia’s embrace. The Moon Goddess didn’t seem surprised to hear this voice and instead a rare gentle smile appeared at the corner of her lips. She lowered her head and gave the flower bud a kiss.
"Sleep well, Xiao Jin," The Moon Goddess said.
However, when she raised her head to look at the monk her smile faded and said, "What the senior wanted can be found in the far west. However, it is better to wait a few days as the fruit needs two more days to mature. The danger is at least Late Huashen Realm. I hope you get what you desire." However, these words were only heard by Monk Hu Tengyu and not the others. After all, the Tree of Life is listed as one of the rare things in this hall.
After saying these words, Yue Xuexia and Shen Jueyang entered the forest and disappeared before the eyes of everyone. The Moon Goddess had no intention of staying just to be asked with more things that involve the things found in the hall. She had promised not to take everything after all.
After Yue Xuexia had left, Monk Hu Ren and Monk Hu Gu were dumbfounded as they didn’t hear the Moon Goddess answer their master’s request.
Monk Hu Gu was the first one to complain, "Ah! Master, Senior Yu forgot to tell you where the Tree of Life is."
Monk Hu Ren, on the other hand, noticed that their master was smiling brightly as if nothing had changed. However, he had a feeling that their master got what he wanted.
Monk Hu Tengyu said, "Hoho~ you brat, you should watch your tongue! The Moon Goddess is kind but the one beside her isn’t. Offend him and you are dead."
Flick!
He gave his youngest disciple a mean flick on the forehead making Hu Gu scream in pain.
"IT HURTS!" Monk Hu Gu screamed.
Monk Hu Ren asked, "What should we do now, Master?"
"Nothing can be done but to look around~. Let’s also go find some treasures~" Monk Hu Tengyu said as he brought his disciples to look for precious things in the hall like the others.
However, within the remaining crowd someone seems to be targeting the same thing as the Buddha’s Heir. They choose to follow them around so they can find the location of the Tree of Life. After all, such a precious thing can be exchanged for 50,000 pts.
Sect Master Xing Kunlun and the rest from the same sect went to where Xia Lianyu is.
"Shixiong, are you not coming?" Sect Master Xing Kunlun asked.
The Supreme Elder, Xia Lianyu said, "No need. I will accompany my wife to rest. Take care of my disciple for me, Shidi."
"Alright. Then we shall take our leave," Xing Kunlun said.
Xia Baiyu said, "Master, Mistress, I will be back soon~"
"Go and be careful out there," Grandma Su said.
Xia Lianyu said, "Have fun and come back safely."
In the end, the only ones left are Su Hialun, and her husband, Xia Lianyu. The stone golem and the lesser elf that was tasked to handle the stall exchange were left behind as well.
Grandma Su asked, "Darling, you don’t want to find some herbs?"
"No need. Our granddaughter and that brat made a move. Let’s leave it to them," said Grandpa Xia as he looked at the stone golem. "Oi, can you turn small? Also the little girl over there came over here."
"What do you want to do, this old man?" Grandma Su asked while pinching her husband’s waist.
Hiss!
"Nothing much. I was just thinking since there are four of us, let’s play mahjong!" Xia Lianyu said.
Su Hialun looked interested, "Good idea! Bring out the table!"