No one noticed the movements of Azure Dragon, Zhenjiu, and their two companions.
From their departure from the Great Lingyin Temple to their departure from the Three Realms, no one detected them at any point.
All four possessed Pure Yang cultivation, after all, and Wujue, an old hand from Hengsha World, was there to guide them. With all the Great Lingyin Temple's Pure Yang cultivators already inside the Scripture Pavilion, they were able to leave at their leisure.
When Profound Lord Zizai received the news, the Great Heavenly Demon Master could not help remarking, "See? This is what makes Wujue useful."
"Under his guidance, Fulu and Flame Dragon never exposed their whereabouts, while Azure Dragon, Zhenjiu, and the others left safely. They neither clashed head-on with those Pure Yang cultivators of the Great Lingyin Temple nor encountered them more than necessary."
"They took the Buddhist Treasure with ease and left safely without a fuss. Judging by his coordination alone, Wujue remains worthy of his old title."
Beside him, the Human-Skin Buddha Emperor nodded silently. Profound Lord Zizai had good reason to entrust this matter to Wujue. Had he gone instead, he would likely have found it hard to vent the hatred in his heart without turning the Great Lingyin Temple upside down and slaughtering those little whelps who had only just entered Pure Yang.
"You were right to entrust this to Wujue, but speaking of his old title, who still remembers that Demon Buddha Wujue was once Bodhisattva Mingjue of Steadfast Resolve?"
The Human-Skin Buddha Emperor spoke quietly, his words steeped in emotion and the weariness of passing ages.
Bodhisattva Mingjue of Steadfast Resolve was Wujue's honorific within the Buddhist Sect, a symbol of both his standing and his True Fruition. He had been a great Bodhisattva of the Dao-Wielding