Lingjiang Wharf: Dealing with Evil Demons and Heretics-No Need to Reason with Them!
Lingjiang Wharf.
As dusk fell, the sun was still setting and the bright moon was rising.
The temple fair at the pier is about to end.
With a casual gesture, the head of the Buddha, who was smiling and holding a flower in the temple, vanished and landed on his head.
He turned around and looked at the three figures behind him.
Are you here to offer incense and pay homage to Buddha, or to make a wish?
Upon hearing this...
The one among the three wearing Dragon Head mask stepped forward and spoke:
"It's better to rely on yourself than on others."
"Good."
The Laughing Maitreya nodded slightly, the smile on his head widening, seemingly quite satisfied with the answer.
"My three brothers have given me a pleasant surprise."
"From today onwards, you are all part of the Drizzle Pavilion. You may go to the Dark Pavilion to collect your Bounty."
"If you do that job well, you can be promoted to Human Butcher as an exception."
He spread his palm, and three bronze Swallow Before the Hall lay in his large hand.
In a daze, the Swallow Before the Hall seemed to have their own lives, as if they were living things, and even fluttered their wings.
"Don't worry, once you've finished your task, the Swallow Before the Hall will be given to you."
"May I ask what kind of job this is?"
The Three Baleful Fiends of Locust Mountain exchanged a glance, and the Dragon Head asked in a deep, gruff voice.
Laughing Maitreya calmly said:
"Come with me to deliver a shipment of goods; we can simply go downstream."
"Remember, this matter is confidential and must not be revealed to anyone, lest the Clear Abyss Sect find out and cause trouble."
"Once word gets out, no one can save my brothers."
Shipping?
And absolutely the people of Clear Abyss Sect must not find out?
Otherwise, there will be no hope of redemption?
The three— Dragon and Tiger— exchanged a glance and fell silent.
Laughing Maitreya thought that the three brothers felt the risk was too great and were unwilling to risk offending Clear Abyss Sect.
Then he smiled and said:
"Brother, I've been a temple keeper at this dock for over ten years, and I've seen fishermen fishing every day. I've learned a lesson from that experience."
"The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish!"
"If you three brothers don't want to take risks, how can you expect to rise to prominence so easily?"
After a long silence.
Li Mo was surprised, but he didn't show any unusual expression and continued to ask:
"If you're going to put us in danger, you should at least tell us what kind of goods we're delivering."
"It's nothing more than sending some children to the Demon Summoning Cult's stronghold."
Laughing Maitreya patiently answered, then asked again:
"You three are smart people, what do you think?"
The words had barely left his mouth.
Within the small temple, the sounds of chanting seemed to echo, bringing a sense of relaxation to the mind and body.
The meaning is quite clear.
I've told you everything; you can't just get off this pirate ship whenever you want.
The Dragon Head bows in greeting:
"I am willing to serve the entire nation."
The Laughing Maitreya Buddha had just relaxed, and before he could even nod and say anything...
A short knife hidden in the shadows stabbed straight toward his back.
The attack was silent until it reached the target, at which point it revealed a chilling killing intent.
Laughing Maitreya truly lived up to his reputation as Divine Observation Realm; his reaction speed was extremely fast.
Its body twisted strangely, like a slippery venomous snake, dodging the fatal blow.
He then suddenly turned around and caught the dagger between his fingers.
If he hadn't practiced Buddhist arts and managed to regain his senses from the Sha Qi in time, he would likely have been seriously injured.
What do you want to do!?
The smiling face on his Buddha head instantly transformed into a furious, wrathful Wisdom King.
No one answered.
What awaited him was a pervasive cloud of rosy clouds, like dark clouds gathering from countless storms, filling every corner of the surrounding space.
Field?
Laughing Maitreya quickly realized that this only resembled a field, but lacked the oppressive aura of an Inner Scene Warrior.
Only.
The icy chill still seeped into his very bones.
"Ying Bing!?"
Ugh--
A strong wind blew, and the pale blue Internal Breath energy sword light and the Sha Qi of the silent saber technique swept over, causing the blood-red light around him to sway.
He raised both palms and pushed forward, and the two palm shadows scattered all the swords and blades.
But what followed were two gleaming longswords.
One red and one blue, intertwined and ever-renewing, like two intertwined Twin Ice-Fire Dragons.
Click--
This stunning sword strike seemed to have struck metal and stone.
"Cough!"
He coughed up a mouthful of burning ice shards.
That sword strike almost killed him; if he hadn't reacted quickly...
Strangely, there were no wounds on his body, but the headless golden Buddha in the temple suddenly appeared much dimmer.
"Non-Self hadn't painstakingly built this place up over more than ten years, I would truly be a shipwrecked in the gutter today!"
"Li Mo, you actually delivered yourself right to my doorstep..."
He hadn't even finished speaking.
"Don't try to reason with Outer Dao, attack them all at once!"
"If I smash a Buddha statue, you can kill me!"
Li Mo produced a hammer in his hand and addressed the crowd.
He realized that without destroying the Buddha statue, he couldn't kill the opponent in a short time.
Even a mere Divine Observation Realm is quite troublesome.
Laughing Maitreya: "..."
He intended to stop him.
However, he did not engage the other three.
The main culprit was Ying Bing; the other two were at most like flies that had committed some crimes, which he, a mid-stage Divine Observation cultivator, easily dismissed.
This little girl is terrifying.
Even in a one-on-one fight, relying on the accumulated Incense and Fire Prayer Power over the past ten years, he would probably be overwhelmed.
Now there's also Li Mo.
According to his intelligence, Li Mo was supposed to use a sword, so why did he suddenly pull out a hammer...?
Boom--
The third move to Settling the Universe: Settling the Thunder Pole.
With this hammer blow, a thunderous roar arose, as if the thunder, accumulated over an entire winter, resounded across the sky on the day of the Awakening of Insects, shaking the entire world!
This is the Inner Breath Realm?!
In utter horror, Laughing Maitreya had no choice but to throw out a string of black Buddhist beads, hoping to stop the attack.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the prayer beads approached, they emitted the mournful cries of wronged spirits, which were then engulfed by the dissipating energy and reduced to ashes.
That was the power of aspiration accumulated over more than ten years.
Under true divine retribution, it was utterly destroyed.
Clang--
The sound of the bell pierced through gold and split rocks.
Spiderweb-like cracks slowly appeared on the golden statue.
Then, piece by piece, the golden body peeled away, revealing the stark white bones beneath.
Finally, he could no longer resist the chilling Sword Qi.
A cold wind blew, penetrating through my body.
The Sword Qi, piercing through the forest and striking the leaves, pierced through the trees like sieves; before the blood could flow, it was frozen by the frost.
At the same time.
Rumble--
At Lingjiang Wharf, a young man in brocade robes who was asking around along the street suddenly froze upon hearing such a commotion.
"That's over there..."
"That's the Maitreya Temple over there. We usually go there to pray for the Bodhisattva's blessing before we go fishing."
The old fisherman's words struck Luo Yu's mind like a thunderbolt.
Maitreya Temple?
Aren't many children missing near the Maitreya Temple during temple fairs?
Without a second thought, he leaped up like a startled swan and sped off in the direction from which the commotion had come.