Go Seek the Buddhist Sect, Then-Spirit Mountain Was Left Dumbfounded: How Could the Scripture Seeker Die?

Inside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

An eerie atmosphere hung in the air.

The immortals present all wore expressions of indescribable strangeness.

Tang Sanzang...

Had been eaten by a wicked dragon?

Tang Sanzang was an indispensable part of the journey to Western Heaven.

And now Tang Sanzang was gone.

How was this supposed to continue?

Wouldn't the Buddhist Sect explode into chaos??

"This humble official questioned the local Earth God, who claimed to have witnessed it firsthand." Luo Xuan cupped his hands and said, "That wicked dragon swallowed Tang Sanzang, man and horse alike, chewed them to pieces, and swallowed them down. Not even bones remained."

"And after this humble official searched the scene, I found no trace of Tang Sanzang whatsoever."

"Clearly, that wicked dragon truly ate the scripture seeker!"

The hall fell silent again.

No one spoke.

Only the Luminous Pearls on the ceiling still shone, their light spreading across the hall's golden-brick floor and stretching everyone's shadows long. The edges of those shadows were dyed a faint gold by the lamplight, blurred and hazy.

Every immortal stood there in stunned disbelief.

None of them knew what to say.

Only smoke from the incense burner remained in the air, slowly spreading through the silent hall. It rose from the incense stand at the center of the great hall, gradually fading beneath the white glow of the Luminous Pearls and dispersing into a thin, barely visible veil.

After a long while, someone finally said in a low voice, "This matter... should be reported to Spirit Mountain, shouldn't it?"

His voice seemed especially abrupt in the silent hall, like a stone falling into deep water and leaving ripples that slowly spread after it sank.

No one responded.

After that whisper fell, silence returned to the hall.

It remained quiet for so