Bodhi Temple's Survival Is Nothing Short of a Miracle!

"Fearless Lion Seal!"

Jiang Chuan stared unblinking at the golden lion in midair.

Like the Treasured Mountain Seal, the Fearless Lion Seal was one of Bodhi Temple's top ten divine abilities.

Fearlessness meant fearing nothing.

To master the Fearless Lion Seal, one had to be a person of great courage, with nothing to fear in their heart.

"Roar!"

The golden Divine Lion threw back its head with a sky-shaking roar and charged at the descending Primordial Qi Gourd.

Boom!

It was like heavenly thunder exploding, like a hundred thousand divine steeds trampling across an ice field. The tremendous crash shook the heavens.

Under Jiang Chuan's watchful gaze, the Primordial Qi Gourd crushed the golden Divine Lion to death, then continued onward and smashed into Elder Jing Feng.

Elder Jing Feng shot through the sky like a meteor, crashing toward the earth.

The ground caved in, and dust surged upward like a prairie fire.

At the sight, Jing Hui's scalp went numb.

"Junior Brother, Elder Jing Feng isn't dead, is he?"

"Don't worry. I may have hit him a little hard, but not hard enough to beat Jing Feng to death."

Ancestor Ziyun descended from the sky and landed atop Jing Hui's head.

"After all, if I really beat Jing Feng to death, that fellow Kong Ming definitely wouldn't let me off."

Jiang Chuan: "."

Jing Hui: "."

So she had actually considered beating Elder Jing Feng to death?

"Oh, right. The Spirit Beast Courtyard is in your hands. Before the temple elders arrive, don't let the spirit beasts inside escape."

As Ancestor Ziyun spoke, she leaped onto her true form, the Primordial Qi Gourd.

Jiang Chuan's head instantly began to ache, and he thought to himself, Bodhi Temple's survival is nothing short of a miracle!

Elder Jing Zhen, a suspected undercover agent from the demonic path with a belly full of schemes.

Abbot Kong Ming, whose dominance made him seem like the sect master of a demonic sect.

Golden Wind, the reckless tigress who came and went freely through the Pill Room and medicine courtyard.

And then there was Ancestor Ziyun, a troublemaker whose brain sometimes failed to work and sometimes wildly spun theories out of thin air.

Jiang Chuan felt that it truly had not been easy for Bodhi Temple to survive!

After giving Jiang Chuan a deep look, Ancestor Ziyun transformed into a purple rainbow that streaked across the sky.

"Junior Brother, I saw quite a few spirit beasts looking ready to run. Let's hurry and stop them."

Just as Jing Hui was about to move, Jiang Chuan grabbed him. "Senior Brother, the urgent matter is that we need to run!"

"We're running? But didn't Ancestor give us orders?"

Jiang Chuan directly cut Jing Hui off. "If the elders find out that we came with Ancestor Ziyun to beat up Elder Jing Feng, what do you think will happen?"

Jing Hui froze at first, then instinctively swallowed.

"Junior Brother, you're right. We need to run! Run quickly!"

Jiang Chuan nodded, then took out the Flame Sun Needle and prepared to leave with Jing Hui.

Then—

The two had barely taken flight when they ran headlong into Elder Jingyun, who was flying toward them.

"Jiang Chuan, Jing Hui, there is no need for you to leave and seek help. The urgent priority is to first soothe and stop the spirit beasts, preventing them from escaping and harming the temple disciples."

Clearly, Elder Jingyun had mistaken Jiang Chuan and Jing Hui for onlookers who had come to the Spirit Beast Courtyard on assignment, witnessed the great battle, and were preparing to find the elders to handle the mess.

"Yes, Elder Jingyun."

Jiang Chuan and Jing Hui exchanged a look and simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. Then they turned around and flew back to the Spirit Beast Courtyard.

Watching Jiang Chuan's retreating figure, a trace of surprise appeared in Elder Jingyun's eyes.

"In just over two months, he broke through from the Peak of First Realm to the fourth layer of the Third Realm. He even comprehended the Demon Slaying Saber and the Treasured Mountain Seal. Jiang Chuan truly is a Peerless Heavenly Prodigy!"

"With Jiang Chuan here, the rise of Bodhi Temple is within reach!"

As he muttered to himself, Elder Jingyun flew toward the severely injured Elder Jing Feng.

The turmoil in the Spirit Beast Courtyard soon subsided.

To prevent the spirit beasts from escaping, the Spirit Beast Courtyard itself had been arranged with numerous formations.

Though many spirit beasts had thoughts of fleeing the Spirit Beast Courtyard, very few truly succeeded.

The few spirit beasts that did manage to escape had not even enjoyed the taste of freedom for long.

Before the many elders who rushed over knocked them unconscious and locked them back up.

Jiang Chuan and Jing Hui did not even need to make a move before everything returned to normal.

Just as Jiang Chuan and Jing Hui were considering slipping away—

Elder Jingyun called the two of them over once more.

"Jiang Chuan, Jing Hui. Junior Brother Jing Feng has been injured and needs several months to recover. The Abbot has decided that Junior Brother Jing Zhen will temporarily manage the Spirit Beast Courtyard."

"Junior Brother Jing Zhen told me that he is unfamiliar with the Spirit Beast Courtyard and cannot manage it alone. He needs someone to help him. The two of you will give Junior Brother Jing Zhen a hand and manage the Spirit Beast Courtyard together."

Jiang Chuan looked at Elder Jing Zhen beside Elder Jingyun, smiling broadly.

He truly wanted to punch that old face.

Was he really too busy to handle it all?

Jiang Chuan thought he clearly just wanted to slack off!

Suppressing his urge to punch Elder Jing Zhen, Jiang Chuan said, "Yes, Elder Jingyun."

"The spirit beasts should be having dinner soon. Go prepare it with the Spirit Beast Courtyard disciples." Elder Jing Zhen immediately gave the order.

With an unwilling expression, Jiang Chuan brought Jing Hui to the herb room halfway up the mountain and began working.

The spirit beasts' meals were entirely different from those of ordinary Bodhi Temple monks.

Ordinary spirit beasts generally ate medicinal ingredients such as ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms.

This ginseng and lingzhi were not spiritual medicines, but ordinary Chinese herbs purchased from the secular world.

Preparing the food was not troublesome. The troublesome part was that there were simply too many spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Courtyard!

In order to finish sooner and return to rest—

Jiang Chuan could only divide his mind among several tasks, controlling his Divine Sense to continuously sort the medicinal ingredients into portions of feed, then having Jing Hui and the Spirit Beast Courtyard disciples deliver them.

Smelling the medicinal fragrance in the air and watching ginseng, fleeceflower root, and other herbs continuously fly out of the sacks—

Jiang Chuan sighed, "What a pity Bodhi Temple doesn't pay wages. Otherwise, I alone could earn five salaries!"

Even with Jiang Chuan doing the work of five people by himself, it still took more than an hour to settle the spirit beasts' dinner.

Once everything was over, Jiang Chuan felt exhausted from head to toe. He did not want to move even a single finger.

Jing Hui and the many Spirit Beast Courtyard disciples beside him were even more exhausted, collapsing to the ground.

"Why are there so many more spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Courtyard?" Jing Hui wore a pained expression.

He and Jiang Chuan had come to help at the Spirit Beast Courtyard before, but they had never been this tired.

"To make it convenient for the guests of the Nine Abyss Dynasty to ride them, Elder Jing Feng specially borrowed a large number of spirit beasts from Water Moon Nunnery," one Spirit Beast Courtyard disciple replied.

"So Elder Jing Feng was the culprit."

Jiang Chuan had originally felt some sympathy for Elder Jing Feng after Ancestor Ziyun beat him up.

Now, all he wanted to say to Ancestor Ziyun was—

Good beating!

Dragging their exhausted bodies along, Jiang Chuan and Jing Hui returned to the loft to sleep.

The next morning, the first thing Jiang Chuan did after getting up was activate the simulation again and comprehend the Great Dao on the Dao Stele.

Using Jing Hui as an excuse, you sent Elder Kong Bei away, then impatiently began comprehending the Dao Stele.

This time, you did not choose the Dao Steles carved with an immortal phoenix or a saber-wielding monk. Instead, you chose a Dao Stele carved with a nine-tiered pagoda.

From this Dao Stele, you sensed a familiar aura.