507 [Escape!]

A group of people instinctively looked up at the sky, only to see two monks with bodies as sturdy as oxen, wearing yellow hats, each holding a strange iron rod.

The rod was rectangular, looking more like a long box, as thick as an ordinary person's thigh, with grips on both the top and bottom. Golden mantras were inscribed on both sides, and colorful cloth, gemstones, and agate were tied to it, making it look rather distinctive.

"Oh no, they're Ge Gui patrolling the Highland!" The Possessing Ghoul's expression changed drastically at the sight. Ge Gui were also called Iron Rod Monks, Investigating Monk Officials, or Hall Masters.

In the major temples, they were the equivalent of the heads of the Warrior Monks in Shaolin Temple. Their duties generally involved protecting the temple and the Living Buddha, as well as enforcing temple discipline. They were symbols of martial force.

If there were monks who violated Buddhist precepts, once they discovered them, they would punish them with the iron rods in their hands. That was why every monk on the Highland turned pale at the sight of them.

And if a monk wanted to become an Iron Rod Monk feared by all, there was only one principle—he had to be able to fight, fight, and still fucking fight!

First came the PK inside the temple. And by PK here, it meant real fighting, the kind with no mercy. Broken arms and legs, even people being beaten to death by accident, were common occurrences.

After that came PK between temples. Once they beat all the monks from outside temples into submission, the elders of the temple would naturally grant them the position of Iron Rod Monk.

One had to know that the Highland three hundred years ago—those who knew, knew. It could