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Chapter 369: Off to Lan Yue Zong! Two Sacred Lands Block the Way! (Part 2)
Chapter 369: Off to Lan Yue Zong! Two Sacred Lands Block the Way! (Part 2)
"
"Try it and see."
Xiao Long Nu tilted her head back, showing no fear.
"Fine, fine, fine!" Night Demon was considering his options.
Suddenly, a figure appeared.
Her voluptuous body seemed extremely soft, but in reality, it exuded an oppressive aura.
"..."
"Are you going to make a move?"
The Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land's Elder Grandmaster had arrived! She looked at them indifferently, suppressing the entire scene.
For a moment, the atmosphere froze.
...
Further away, many petty people had gathered a group.
In the darkness, there were scattered figures at the Ninth Stage Apex, totaling over a dozen.
They belonged to different forces and included professional assassins.
They had originally planned to find the right moment to strike, but now, they were all stunned.
"How did three major Holy Lands appear one after another?!!!"
"How can we make a move now?"
"Damn, even the Holy Lands are involved, there's no way to take advantage of the situation or fish in troubled waters."
"With the three major Holy Lands here, there's no chance..."
"Unless..."
"We give up!"
"Let's give up for now, we'll find another opportunity later. Today, there's no chance for us."
"..."
Helpless, they each had their own ulterior motives, and while they were originally wary of each other, now... there was no need.
With three Holy Lands directly intervening, there was no more game to play.
Even though they didn't immediately drive away those people, no one was thinking of making a move anymore, at most, they would stay temporarily to observe and be part of the crowd.
...
"Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land!"
Night Demon frowned, "Are you sure you want to stand up for the Bright Moon Sect?"
"Do you want to be the first to take the fall?"
"So what if I do?" The Elder Grandmaster responded calmly.
"If you say another word, do you believe I'll immediately contact the Saintess and reveal your Heaven Demon Palace's little secret?"
"You!!!
Night Demon's face turned green.
Damn!
Despicable!
He cursed in his heart, feeling very helpless.
The reason was that the Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land truly had this 'ability'.
After all, the Heaven-Watching Mirror could observe almost everything, and no formation or Dao technique could block its sight. In other words, if the Heaven Demon Palace had any little secrets, or if some big shot had any secrets, they couldn't hide from the Heaven-Watching Mirror.
In other words, they couldn't hide from the Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land!
To put it bluntly, the Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land held the secrets of everyone on the Immortal Martial Continent!
Gossiping might only lead to social embarrassment.
But if all secrets were revealed...
that would be troublesome.
This was also the reason why the Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land, despite being ranked in the middle-lower tier among the Holy Lands, always managed to stir up trouble, yet no other Holy Land dared to provoke them.
If a few Holy Lands joined forces, it would be easy to deal with the Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land.
But it would be even easier for the Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land to reveal secrets!
And those secrets... some were truly life-threatening.
No one dared to take the risk!
"Fine, fine, fine!"
Night Demon said coldly, "The Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land sure is bold, sending the Elder Grandmaster to pressure juniors. Remember this, we'll settle this later."
"One day, I will repay you tenfold!"
"Retreat!"
He didn't want to continue this stalemate any longer. It seemed pointless and would only embarrass him further.
So they decided to leave for now.
Although they didn't leave immediately, at least they were no longer directly blocking their path.
"What about you?"
The Elder turned to the group of monks, "Aren't you leaving?"
"In front of me, you still want to play games?"
"These kids are right. You might as well say you want to pluck the peach directly and take them by force."
"..."
"I was just joking."
Laughter Monk smiled, but deep in his eyes, there was a glint of apprehension.
Damn... Others' gossip might be just social suicide, but my own 'gossip'...
"I was merely making a joke."
"Is that so?"
"Then why don't you scram?" The Elder's aura leaked out, and he directly confronted them.
Laughter Monk suppressed his anger, "This matter was indeed a joke, but we have a serious matter to attend to."
"This matter, what does it have to do with you Ten Thousand Flowers Holy Land?"
"If you insist on blocking us, our Buddhist sect will not let this go!"
"Oh?"
Xiao Ling'er looked at him, slightly surprised, "A serious matter? What does your business have to do with us disciples of the Moon Embracing Sect?"
"Of course, it's related, otherwise, why would I have come here?"
He let out a cold harrumph and raised his hand, "Hand it over!"
"?"
Xiao Ling'er was even more surprised, "Hand what over?"
"Don't play dumb!"
Laughter Monk's face grew colder, "Monks do not lie. You were the one who took the Venerable Monk's Bones and other treasures from our Buddhist sect!"
"So what?"
"Why pretend to be ignorant?"
"Previously on the arena, Tang Wu was defeated by your hands, and the items he stole naturally fell into your possession."
"Today, if you don't return those treasures, I'm afraid it won't end well."
Xiao Ling'er narrowed her eyes.
"Nonsense!"
Long Ao Jiao scoffed, "You say it is, and it is?"
"Monks do not lie..." Laughter Monk emphasized.
"Cut the crap!" Long Ao Jiao interrupted forcefully, "Do you even believe what you're saying? You monks, who claim to be free of desires, are the most hypocritical bunch of baldies."
"Layman!"
"You call us baldies, and I'll reluctantly accept that, but why do you add the word 'dead' in front of it?"
"Because in this girl's eyes, you are dead baldies."
"Dead baldies."
"Dead baldies, huh?"
"What can you do to me?"
"Hit me, dead baldies!"
Laughter Monk's face twitched uncontrollably.
But the Elder of Ten Thousand Flowers just chuckled, "As a monk, shouldn't you have already cast off the seven emotions and six desires, and not be affected by greed, anger, ignorance, and hatred?"
"What? Just a few words from a junior, and you can't accept it? You want to resort to violence?"
"If that's the case..."
"It seems all your Buddhist theories are nonsense, deceiving the world!"
Laughter Monk's lungs were about to explode from anger.
But he couldn't lash out.
If he did, wouldn't he prove himself unworthy of being a monk? Fck!
He suppressed his anger and smiled, "The world's cold eyes and slanderous words, what do they have to do with me? As monks, we are already free of desires. In the end, this young layman is just speaking without thinking, haha."
"Moreover, this matter has nothing to do with you."
"It's you, Xiao Layman."
He turned to Xiao Ling'er, his tone sharp, "The Venerable Monk's Bones and other treasures are the most revered offerings in our Buddhist sect!"
"And you want to claim them as your own?"
Xiao Ling'er also became angry.
"You say it is, and it is?"
"Tang Wu was defeated by your hands, everyone knows!"
"Everyone knows? Then where is the so-called 'everyone' you speak of? Have they seen me with the treasures of Little Western Heaven?"
"None! Tang Wu was defeated by your hands, and his storage pouch was also taken by you. All his belongings are now in your possession."
"Oh?"
"Interesting."
But Xiao Ling'er was furious, "It's still you who's right."
"And Tang Wu stole from your Little Western Heaven's treasury, speaking of which, I have a question. What exactly is Little Western Heaven, and how strong is it?"
"I've heard that Little Western Heaven has at least dozens of Ninth Stage Great Monks guarding it, and even several supreme elders protecting it."
"Such a heavily guarded place, and yet Tang Wu managed to infiltrate and steal from it?"
"Don't try to twist your words."
Laughter Monk scolded, "There's a reason for this!"
He felt very annoyed.
So frustrating!
If it weren't for the presence of the Elder of Ten Thousand Flowers, why should he have to endure this? He could have just taken action!
Now, he had to explain everything clearly, as if he were tearing open his wounds for everyone to see. This was simply unreasonable!
"In the past, a traitor from the Great Vehicle Buddhism, Gatlin, rebelled and attacked Little Western Heaven."
"This traitor was extremely powerful, and his pressure alone overwhelmed the entire Little Western Heaven. At that time, many Buddhist monks, Bodhisattvas, and others fought against him, which gave Tang Wu the opportunity to sneak in and steal from the treasury of Little Western Heaven."
"Otherwise, with just Tang Wu, even if you gave him a hundred lives, it would be absolutely impossible for him to steal even half a treasure from Little Western Heaven."
"Oh~~~"
"So that's how it is!"
Xiao Ling'er suddenly understood, "But... another problem arises."
"Another problem?!"
Laughter Monk frowned, "I think you're just trying to buy time!"
"..."
"No, I do have a problem."
Xiao Ling Er gradually understood the situation and was surprised that Tang Wu seemed to have good luck.
But...
There was no way she was going to take the blame for this.
"You say Tang Wu stole from the Little Western Heaven Treasury, and I'll pretend to believe you for now. But the issue is, if you knew it was Tang Wu, why didn't you send people to hunt him down or retrieve the treasures?"
"The Great Vehicle Buddhism!"
"No, the Little Western Heaven is a joint establishment of countless Buddhist sects in the entire Western Region. It represents the entire Western Region."
"Its strength surpasses even that of the holy lands!"
"So, you're telling us that the entire Western Region, knowing that Tang Wu stole from the Little Western Heaven and desecrated the remains of your Buddhist ancestors, did nothing and let him roam free for years?"
"Only after I killed him did you come knocking on my door to cause trouble and seek an explanation, right?"
"Do you think..."
"If this gets out, will anyone believe it?"
"Or, Master, perhaps you should consider if this makes sense."
Xiao Ling Er smiled.
"What's the matter? Is it that the entire Buddhist community is afraid of Tang Wu?"
"Or, did your Buddhist sect take action and continuously pursue Tang Wu, but he managed to escape every time? In other words, is the entire Buddhist community inferior to me???"
"If that's what you're saying, I might just give you what you want, but on one condition: publicly admit that your Buddhist sect is inferior to me, Xiao Ling Er!"
"!!!"
Laughing Arhat's face darkened. "Flattery and nonsense!"
"As for Tang Wu, he is a man destined by heaven, and his luck is extraordinary. Moreover, our Buddhist sect has important matters to attend to in recent years, so he has temporarily escaped punishment."
"Are you admitting that Tang Wu's possessions are now in your hands?"
"Don't be hasty." Xiao Ling Er waved her hand. "So, you're saying you knew Tang Wu stole something but weren't in a rush to take action against him."
"When you realized the items were in my possession, you suddenly became anxious and wanted to take action immediately, right?"
"How so?"
"Do you think you can bully me, Xiao Ling Er?"
"Or..."
"Do you think our Moon Embrace Palace is an easy target, that our entire sect is inferior to a single Tang Wu?"
Boom!
Xiao Ling Er took a step forward, and in an instant, her aura surged.
The True Body of the Flame Emperor appeared!
Almost simultaneously, the members of the Moon Embrace Palace displayed their prowess.
Qilin riding on auspicious clouds, thunder shaking the sky, and immortal flowers blooming one after another...
The sky was filled with extraordinary phenomena, a terrifying sight as if it would devour everything! It was difficult to shake them.
You didn't retrieve the treasures from Tang Wu, but now that we've killed him, you come running to demand them? Isn't this an insult? It's the ultimate insult!
However, facing their sudden surge in power, Laughing Arhat remained unperturbed, even feeling amused! With the Grand Elder of Ten Thousand Flowers present, they couldn't take direct action; they needed to talk first and then act. But if the members of the Moon Embrace Palace took the initiative, they wouldn't have such concerns!
Nevertheless...
The Grand Elder of Ten Thousand Flowers wasn't a fool and naturally wouldn't let them succeed.
"Hold on, calm down."
She held Xiao Ling Er back and said, "I think this bald donkey didn't mean it that way."
"That's right, bald donkey?"
Laughing Arhat frowned slightly. "What do you mean by that?"
"You know it in your heart." She glanced at him and said calmly.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Ling Er momentarily suppressed her aura and spoke coldly, "Even if we take a step back, I did indeed kill Tang Wu and took his storage pouch."
"But what of it?"
"How can you prove that all the treasures Tang Wu stole are in that storage pouch?"
"How can you prove that after several years, Tang Wu didn't use, sell, lose, or exchange those treasures for something he needed and used them?"
"No!"
"You have no proof."
"You're just talking, moving your lips, and expecting me to hand over this and that, or even the treasures within the Little Western Heaven Treasury. Do you think that's possible?"
"It's truly laughable."
"If you want something, then provide evidence."
"If you can't provide evidence, step aside immediately, or we won't be so easy to bully!"
"Your Great Vehicle Buddhism is strong, but it's not invincible!"
Xiao Ling Er was genuinely angry.
Wasn't this making her an easy target? With so many loopholes, was it all just talk? Most importantly...
She had seen Tang Wu's storage pouch!
It was practically empty, with nothing of value! Even her own storage pouch would be hundreds of times richer than Tang Wu's, and they wanted her to compensate for an entire treasury?
"In my opinion," she said, her voice turning colder, "your Buddhist sect probably secretly retrieved the treasures without others knowing. But since this matter hasn't been exposed, you want to take advantage of me."
"Oof... It's probably not just that."
"You also want to use this opportunity to threaten and entice us, combined with your previous claim that 'we are connected to your Buddhist sect.' It's not hard to guess that your true intention is to take us by force."
"Oh, my apologies."
"You're so 'face-conscious' that you can't say 'take,' you should say..."
"...'Recruit' me and my fellow disciples back to the Great Vehicle Buddhism?"
"What a cunning plan, but unfortunately, the story isn't well-crafted, with too many flaws and loopholes."
"The Great Vehicle Buddhism is indeed face-conscious."
"Hmph."
"You!!!"
Laughing Arhat's anger rose.
"You sharp-tongued girl."
"If I hadn't already entered the Buddhist path and achieved the state of emptiness, I would tear your mouth apart with my own hands!"
(End of Chapter)
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