Red Lotus Temple, Golden Light Shines Upon All, Paradise on Earth!

Under the night sky, Jinguang Temple exuded a chilling air.

Though it was called a Buddhist temple, it took in no overnight guests, leaving the place devoid of any human warmth.

"Daoist Priest Zhang, are we really just going in like this?"

Arriving before Jinguang Temple, Ma Wuji looked troubled. Though he did not know Zhang Chu's purpose, he could sense that Zhang Chu had come to investigate something.

But was this any way to investigate?

Wasn't this far too brazen?

Shouldn't they be investigating secretly in the shadows?

"BOOM!!"

Just as Ma Wuji was considering whether to step forward and knock, a thunderous crash suddenly exploded beside his ears.

When he looked up, he was so frightened that he nearly unleashed his peerless Lightness Skill on the spot and turned to flee.

"Daoist Priest Zhang, you...!"

What had he just seen?

Little True Martial, who had only just entered tenth place on the Human Ranking, had not even knocked. He had simply kicked the gate to pieces!

Hiss! So this was what he meant by "They'll open the door"??

The sight before him left Ma Wuji utterly shaken. As he looked at Zhang Chu, a trace of fear involuntarily entered his eyes. This man was truly ruthless!

"Hm? It smells so good..."

As Jinguang Temple's gate was shattered, a fragrance that seemed to have been trapped inside the temple drifted out.

Though the scent was faint, it carried a touch more depth than the smell of pollen, something altogether more unusual.

One breath of it was enough to make one feel refreshed, as though all the fatigue in one's body had been swept away.

"This is Buddha Incense, one of the Three Treasures of Red Lotus!"

"We actually got to see it just like this!"

Ma Wuji could scarcely believe it. It was not as though he had never sent in a calling card, yet he had received no reply to this day.

If he came to offer incense like an ordinary worshipper, it would have been even more impossible to see Buddha Incense, one of the Three Treasures.

Yet today, he had actually seen it!

When a dream shone into reality and truly unfolded before his eyes, Ma Wuji felt as if he were dreaming.

"Hm?" Zhang Chu voiced his own confusion at that moment.

Unlike Ma Wuji's excitement, however, Zhang Chu's brows furrowed tightly as Gang Qi instinctively rose to form a barrier!

As his Gang Qi surged up, Zhang Chu instantly became much clearer-headed, his mind immediately returning to lucidity.

"This is Buddha Incense? It is plainly poison!"

Having mastered Bitter Gourd Palm to perfection, his Spiritual Power had increased enormously. At this moment, he could clearly sense that the faint fragrance was mixed with countless drugs!

All of them were rare hallucinogens capable of making people see illusions!

"No wonder the Three Treasures of Red Lotus are not readily shown to others. They cannot be seen by decent people at all. What a pack of demon monks!"

Just as Zhang Chu decided to stop holding back.

Something abnormal suddenly happened beside him!

"My Buddha is merciful, my Buddha is merciful. This disciple, Ma Wuji, pays respects to the Buddha. I beg the Buddha to cure my sickness..."

Ma Wuji, standing nearby, looked as though something had blinded his eyes. He actually began walking forward step by step, endlessly muttering about the Buddha.

It was as though he had completely fallen into a nightmare!

"Wake up!" Zhang Chu roared!

At that roar, Ma Wuji suddenly shuddered, then began looking around in confusion.

"I... what happened to me?..."

Just moments ago, he had still been immersed in the Buddha Incense.

This was good stuff that could increase one's cultivation.

Of course he had to take deep breaths of it.

But for some reason, a voice had suddenly appeared in his mind and begun chanting scriptures.

Then Ma Wuji had discovered in shock that a figure had inexplicably appeared in his mind.

It was a majestic figure seated high upon a lotus dais, Buddhist light spilling all around him, a kind and benevolent smile on his face.

Then Ma Wuji lost control of his body. His supreme Lightness Skill seemed to have vanished altogether.

He only remembered walking forward, endlessly forward.

Now that he had regained consciousness and opened his eyes, where was any Buddha? Before him was clearly icy lake water!

"Damn it! This Buddha Incense is poisonous!"

"It was trying to drown me, damn it!"

Ma Wuji staggered back in fright, fear lingering in his heart as he could no longer stop himself from swearing on the spot.

Was Jinguang Temple some kind of demon den?

"Daoist Priest Zhang, great kindness needs no words of thanks. For saving my life today, I, Ma Wuji, will surely repay you handsomely one day!"

One could imagine that if Zhang Chu had not been here today, his little life would have ended up feeding fish in the lake.

"Thud, thud, thud!!..."

At that moment, a group of white-robed monks carrying monk staves suddenly rushed over and surrounded them.

"Impudent! Who dares destroy my temple gate!"

A tall, obese monk stepped out from the crowd and glared furiously at Zhang Chu and Ma Wuji.

"Senior Brother, it was him who smashed the temple gate!" A shifty-eyed little monk pointed at Zhang Chu.

After confirming that Zhang Chu had broken the gate, the leading fat monk immediately shouted sharply, "You wretch, how dare you act so recklessly! Do you think our temple has no one!"

At the fat monk's words, cold light surged in the eyes of the white-robed monks as they closed in!

Zhang Chu looked at them and sneered.

Though these people wore monk robes and had shaved heads, they did not resemble monks in the slightest. They looked more like bandits!

They were even more arrogant than the mountain bandits who robbed travelers at the foot of the mountain, without a trace of Buddhist nature upon them.

"Enough nonsense. Where is the murderer Yuan Hui?" Zhang Chu had no patience to trade words with them and asked directly.

"Impudent! You dare call Martial Uncle by name!"

"Wretch! Do you wish to see the Buddha?"

At Zhang Chu's words, fury immediately appeared on the monks' faces, as if they wanted to devour him alive.

The next moment, the obese monk suddenly stepped forward.

"You broke into the temple at night, smashed our gate, and now you even dare slander Martial Uncle. You damned remnant of the Demonic Cult, today I will send you to see the Buddha!!"

With his inner force surging, a pair of hands as large as palm-leaf fans came crashing down toward Zhang Chu's head.

His temperament was even more arrogant than Lu Chengfeng's!

Watching the palms hurtling toward him.

Zhang Chu's expression gradually turned icy.

By now, he was certain that these people were absolutely not temple monks. Judging by their conduct, they instead bore some resemblance to the Boat Gang of Linjiang!

"What an overbearing tone!"

"But do you know..."

"Right now, Zhang would rather kill someone?!"

In an instant, an intense crisis of death erupted, immediately jolting the obese monk awake.

But he no longer had time to react.

Because a hand larger and faster than his had already struck his chest before he could move.

"BANG!!"

A violent explosion rang out.

The tall, obese monk's body instantly burst into pieces, severed limbs spraying in every direction!

[Merit Points +1200!]

When a head rolled before the crowd, not only were they unafraid, the ferocity in their eyes grew even stronger!

"Wretch! Wretch! Wretch!..."

They repeated the word without end. It was as though they knew no fear, only how to curse furiously with rage-filled faces.

Seeing this, Zhang Chu could not be bothered with any more nonsense.

He directly unleashed a palm strike of True Martial-Sweeping!

It was so fast that no one could react.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

One monk after another exploded like bursting watermelons, dark blood gradually gathering into a small river across the courtyard.

Yet strangely enough.

There was not even a single Merit Points notification!

Other than the first obese monk, who had provided 1,200 Merit Points, these people seemed like corpses!

The sight immediately frightened Ma Wuji into retreating again and again. He had seen people killed, and had killed people himself, but he had never seen anyone kill as quickly as Zhang Chu!

The other man was even faster than harvesting wheat!

"Wait! These people's corpses!..."

At that moment, Ma Wuji also noticed something strange. Their blood was all dark red!

What did that mean?

It meant these people had actually died long ago!

Just as Ma Wuji was about to cry out in alarm, brilliant golden light suddenly burst forth within the temple, Buddhist radiance filling the night!

Terrifying murmurs, as though they would pierce through one's mind, resounded across the entire sky in an instant!

"Golden light shines upon all, paradise on earth!"

"Golden light shines upon all, paradise on earth!"