Meanwhile, Lin Zhu had not gone far.
Riding his cloud, he drifted leisurely through the clouds around Five Elements Mountain, admiring the afterglow of the sunset while pondering the system's "Life Is Like a Play" mission and how to make Guanyin pay the "admission fee."
Just as he was thinking, a sharp rush of air came from behind him, along with towering anger and resentment that could barely be concealed.
The corner of Lin Zhu's mouth curled up, and he deliberately slowed down. Sure enough, in the next moment, a streak of light angrily blocked his cloud. As the radiance faded, it revealed Guanyin Bodhisattva's ashen pretty face and beautiful eyes that seemed ready to spit fire.
"Oh? Isn't this the Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva?"
Lin Zhu feigned surprise, raising his brows with a teasing tone.
"Why aren't you guarding your grand Journey to the West Scripture Seeking endeavor at Five Elements Mountain? Why have you come chasing after me in this wilderness instead? Could it be that my 'mediation' just now was insufficient, and the Bodhisattva specifically came to... thank me? Or is there another blind fool who needs me to 'mediate' things?"
He deliberately emphasized the words "guarding" and "mediation," his tone dripping with mockery.
Guanyin nearly choked on his words, and her already ugly expression darkened further.
She stared fixedly at Lin Zhu's infuriatingly smiling face, her lips pressed white. Her hands clenched tightly within her sleeves, her nails nearly digging into her palms. Lowering herself to ask this devil for help? The thought caused her incomparable torment and humiliation, as if countless needles were piercing her Dao heart.
Seeing that she only glared at him without speaking, her face full of rage yet forcibly restrained, Lin Zhu found it quite amusing.
He sighed theatrically and turned