Knock, knock, knock. The wooden fish sounded again and again, each strike seemingly landing on Joyful Bodhisattva's heart and making her spirit tense. The gray-robed monk before her had long since overlapped with the figure by the banks of the Divine Capital who had said, "The immortal pats my crown and grants me longevity." The strange circumstances of the Building of No Benevolence's master's death were still vivid in her mind!
After taking Liang Jiuzhou into her "medicine pouch," she had fled Northern Zhou with Mu Yunle, lest Gao Lan instantly move from Changle and strike her down. Yet when her escaping light flew over the mountains and she returned to the Grasslands, the scene suddenly changed. Before she could react, she had been dragged into this ruined temple, where she saw this baleful star who had been missing for nearly ten years!
He was still alive!
The sudden encounter, the existence that had haunted her heart, and this inexplicable reunion made her spirit pound like a drum. Her first thought was not doubt, still less curiosity, but escape.
As a Great Grandmaster, she naturally understood that fleeing in panic was tantamount to exposing her weakness to the enemy—it was no different from suicide. Thus, she had to confront him solemnly first and seek an opportunity afterward. Yet strangely, he neither asked nor cared about anything. He merely struck the wooden fish, his Aura restrained, his presence withered.
This eerie situation made Joyful Bodhisattva refrain from attacking. Instead, she tried to flee. But no matter what martial art she used, what secret technique she employed, or which direction she escaped in, she inevitably returned to the same place, seeing the Tathagata and the gray-robed monk Su Meng.
That was right. He was the "Mad Saber" Su Meng, who had once