Vajra Temple.
Inside the resplendent pagoda of Golden Summit Mountain, Kai Yun sat cross-legged before a golden Buddha. His condition was stable now; presumably, he had already dispelled the contamination within his body.
All of a sudden, Gold Spirit aura swirled around Kai Yun, carving faint marks into the white jade floor around him.
Then a flash of golden light passed, and Kai Yun vanished from the pagoda's main hall. He appeared beneath the clouds above, gazing at the golden lotus about to bloom within them, and said, "The Saint is merciful."
"I never thought Changqing truly had such courage."
As Lingxi's voice rang out, an auspicious cloud appeared from nowhere beside Kai Yun. Then an old nun in a pale yellow Daoist robe descended onto it amid a golden halo.
There was no compassion on her face, only fierce malice. As she spoke, sharp glints constantly flashed from the golden mysterious light around her.
"This evil aspect has already grown too powerful to suppress!"
The moment those words left her mouth, all the vicious aura around her dispersed, replaced by the same compassionate expression Kai Yun wore.
Lingzong and Lingyuan then appeared behind Kai Yun in succession. After remaining silent for two breaths, Lingzong asked, "What do we do now? Just watch?"
Kai Yun again said, "The Saint is merciful," before answering, "Prefect Changqing's advancement follows the great current of fate and has also been tacitly approved by Master Tiangong. If we dare act rashly at such a time, then given Prefect Changqing's decisiveness, he will certainly send you to meet my Buddha without hesitation."
After warning them, he turned and swept his gaze over the three. "Do not harbor any wishful thoughts. Though Prefect Changqing has cultivated for only a short time, he bears within himself the accumulated