Lu Yang and the Undying Fairy's consciousness returned to the Buddhist Kingdom at the same time.
"Hm? Where is this?"
Lu Yang found himself in a dilapidated temple, sitting cross-legged on a lotus pedestal with his fingers forming a lotus mudra, just like a Buddha statue.
Outside, rain pattered steadily.
"Oh, the young sect master is awake?" Jin Caiwei had been keeping watch beside Lu Yang. Seeing that he had finally woken up, she went outside to call the others back.
Lu Yang's mind was a little foggy. He vaguely remembered that three days ago, when Man Gu summoned him away, they had just arrived in the Buddhist Kingdom, surrounded by desert. Only three days had passed—how had he been moved into a temple?
And which temple was this?
"You're awake?"
"Oh, this temple is rather interesting." The Undying Fairy floated out and looked around with great interest. Whoever had built this temple had quite the imagination.
"The second-in-command is awake?"
"Sister Undying is back too?"
"Welcome back, my lord."
The women had waited three days, and at last the Undying Fairy and Lu Yang had both woken up.
"Third-in-command, did you build this temple?" the Undying Fairy asked with a smile. Lu Yang lacked experience and couldn't spot what was unusual about it, but she had seen at a glance that this temple was different.
Yun Mengmeng gave an embarrassed giggle. "It wasn't just my idea. Mainly, the first- and second-in-command didn't say when they'd be back before they left. We couldn't have the two of you standing in the desert the whole time. We originally thought about going into town, but there are so many of us, and second-in-command, you're always saying we should keep a low profile when we're out and about. So we decided we might