Jiang Liu gathered his aura and held his breath as he slipped out of the room. With a flash, he vanished into the darkness. Waves of Buddhist chanting drifted from the Great Hero Hall. It seemed someone was doing their evening prayers!
Suddenly, he saw the little monk who had delivered his meal earlier emerge from the side door of the Great Hero Hall. He hopped and skipped all the way toward the rear courtyard.
Judging by how happy he looked, he must have encountered something good. Could knocking me unconscious count as something good?
Jiang Liu followed silently beside the little monk. The little monk was merely at the Body Refinement Realm, only a little stronger than an ordinary person. He could not sense Jiang Liu following him at all.
The little monk entered the rear courtyard and went into a room at the far end. He stepped forward and knocked on the door three times. After waiting a while, the door opened.
A fat monk opened the door. He glanced at the little monk. "Why have you come?"
"The abbot told me to come. He said I could collect my reward!" the little monk hurriedly replied!
"Oh! Then come in!" Saying this, he stepped aside and let the little monk enter first, then closed the door behind him. A moment later, a burst of commotion came from inside!
Jiang Liu found it strange. Why did collecting a reward require coming here? And why all the secrecy?
Puzzled, he looked up at the sky. He would come back and take a look later.
Jiang Liu left the temple and meditated in a corner beside it to rest.
The moon was almost directly overhead.
Jiang Liu released the pressure of his vital energy, and a powerful aura spread over the