"You, a daoist from Pure Yang Palace—what kind of Buddhist protector are you..."
The monk Nado stared blankly at the Great Sun Mani Pearl floating above Li Lingyu's head.
"Take this spear!"
"Ah!"
When Yang Caiyi arrived with Lu Zheng and True Person Lin Yi, they saw Li Lingyu driving his spear straight into Monk Nado's chest.
Pure Yang True Fire surged along the Spirit Refining Spear and directly ignited Monk Nado's body, turning him into a living torch.
"Master! Brother Lu!"
Seeing the two of them arrive, Li Lingyu withdrew the Pure Yang True Fire Spirit Refining Spear. In one hand, he held two yuan wheels; in the other, he raised a string of sandalwood Prayer Beads—the monk's storage Magical Artifact.
"This monk said he was from Wheel Turning Temple and wanted to take Caiyi and me away. I don't know whether he was from the Western Buddha Country or some temple in southern Xinjiang."
"Not the Western Buddha Country," True Person Lin Yi said, shaking his head.
Pure Yang Palace was based in Hexi Province, separated from the Western Buddha Country by only Dingyuan Province, so they knew the powers of the western Buddhist lands quite well.
"Among the Western Buddha Country's sects, the only one connected to wheels is Great Bright Wheel Temple," True Person Lin Yi said.
"Then he was probably from southern Xinjiang."
Lu Zheng stroked his chin. "Southern Xinjiang is vast and sparsely populated, and most people there have received little education. For local powers to come to the Central Plains and seize able-bodied people has always been a tradition."
Not to mention Fan Boyu looking for Du YueYao—even Zhi Lan Saintess and the Yue Zhen Saintess they had killed before were actually from the Central Plains.
But under normal circumstances, they only