What? The Western Sect is Also a Deadbeat?

"Here, I'll give it!"

"Hmm, that's more like it."

Xiruan nodded in satisfaction, seeing that the other party had finally relented.

"First, you injured this old auntie, so you have to pay for her medical expenses, right?"

She pointed to Wudang Shengmu beside her.

Wudang Shengmu quickly waved her hands, "Senior, this disciple wouldn't dare..."

"Shut up!" Xiruan glared at her. "Is it your place to speak? This is called lawful self-defense, understand?"

Wudang Shengmu dared not speak when Xiruan glared at her, secretly thinking, Senior is truly domineering! She even understands profound terms like self-defense!

Xiruan turned back to Guanyin, "Secondly, you polluted my ears with noise just now and tried to cheat us out of our land deed. This is emotional distress, so you have to compensate for emotional damages, right?"

Guanyin's lips twitched, and he nodded with difficulty. Whatever you say goes.

"Finally!" Xiruan's small face became extremely serious. "The most important point!"

She cleared her throat and said in a tone of judgment, "Doesn't your Western Religious Sect owe our Intercepting Sect a lot, a lot of money?"

She asked Wudang Shengmu this question.

Wudang Shengmu was stunned, then reacted. Senior is... guiding me!

She puffed out her chest and said righteously to Guanyin, "That's right!"

"During the Battle of Investiture of the Gods, your Western Religious Sect took advantage of the chaos and 'converted' thousands of our Intercepting Sect disciples! You must give us an explanation for this!"

"Good heavens!"

Xiruan's face turned pale with anger upon hearing this. So that's how it is!

She knew it! How could Father owe so much money? It turns out these scoundrels not only stole money but also people!

This was no longer a simple debt dispute; it was gangster-level kidnapping and extortion!

"So your Western Religious Sect are not only swindlers but also human traffickers!"

Xiruan looked at Guanyin as if he were scum.

"You... you've done all sorts of evil deeds!"

Guanyin was speechless. 'Converting' is the highest merit in Buddhism, guiding lost sheep towards the light. How did it become 'human trafficking' in your mouth?

Is there any law in this world? Is there any justice?

"Debts must be repaid, it's only natural!"

"Human trafficking is a crime that deserves double punishment!"

Xiruan said angrily, hands on her hips.

"Today, I'm confiscating your lotus platform and that broken vase!"

"...Confiscating the tools of the crime as interest!"

After speaking, before Guanyin could react, she ran onto Guanyin's lotus platform, reached out her small hands, and touched and tapped the platform here and there, muttering, "Hmm, this golden lotus chair looks pretty good. It should be quite comfortable to sit on."

She nodded with satisfaction, and then she started... to pull.

Yes, you read that right.

She hugged the main stem in the center of the lotus platform with both hands, her little bottom sticking out, trying to uproot this Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus.

Guanyin's eyes nearly popped out when he saw this scene.

This was his companion magic treasure, the very foundation of his Dao!

This little Devil King, he actually wanted to... pull it out like a potted plant?!

"Stop... stop!"

Guanyin let out a piercing scream.

"You can't touch my lotus platform!"

"Why can't I touch it?"

Xiruan had been pulling for a long time and found it surprisingly sturdy, making her breathless.

She looked up and said righteously, "Debts must be repaid, and murderers must pay with their lives! You captured so many of our people, what's wrong with me pulling out a broken flower of yours?"

"I..."

Guanyin was so stumped by her twisted logic that he couldn't say a word.

She could only watch as Xiruan kicked and thrashed on the lotus platform, trying every method imaginable to dismantle it.

Wudang Holy Mother stood by, her heart shaken and especially thrilled.

So satisfying! It was truly too satisfying!

She remembered how those baldasses from the Western Religious Sect used similar lotus platforms to forcibly convert countless Intercepting Sect disciples.

Today, the tables have turned!

Senior was going to dismantle Guanyin's lotus platform right in front of her!

This was a thousand times more satisfying than killing Guanyin directly!

"Hmph! It's quite sturdy!"

Xiruan busied herself for a long time, only to find that brute force alone wouldn't work.

Her eyes darted around, and she pulled something out of her Red Bib.

A Treasure-filled Jade Ruyi.

She held it up and began pounding the base of the lotus platform.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The crisp striking sounds echoed in the chaos.

Crack--

Under a series of violent blows, the indestructible Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus Platform let out a groan of being unable to bear the burden.

A faint crack appeared on the base of the lotus platform.

"Pfft--"

Her life-bound magical treasure was damaged, and Guanyin's mind was greatly shaken. She could no longer suppress the injuries within her body, blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and her face turned as pale as paper.

"Success!"

Xiruan's eyes lit up. She threw aside the scratching tool and used both hands to embrace the lotus platform, exerting force.

The golden, shimmering lotus was finally... moved by her.

"Stop! Stop it, I say!"

Guanyin's Dao heart was on the verge of shattering.

The Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus was her accompanying treasure for attaining enlightenment, the face and foundation of her power as a quasi-saint!

Now, this treasure was being pried away by Xiruan using another innate supreme treasure?

"No way!"

Xiruan stuck out her tongue at Guanyin.

This was a tool for a wicked bald monk's crimes! Since it's a tool for crime, it must be confiscated!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The Treasure-filled Jade Ruyi continued to strike, and Guanyin's face grew even paler.

She wanted to rush forward and stop Xiruan, but the surging qi and blood within her body and the throbbing pain from the depths of her Primordial Spirit made it difficult even to stand steadily.

Moreover, there was Wudang Holy Mother beside her, watching menacingly, ready to fight her to the death at any moment.

What made her most desperate was that the little Devil King would look back at her after every strike.

The meaning was clear: "Try calling out again."

Guanyin dared not speak again.

She feared that if she said another word, it wouldn't just be the lotus platform that would shatter.

"Senior is mighty!"

Wudang Holy Mother stood by, watching Guanyin's expression of suppressed rage and feeling utterly refreshed.

So satisfying! It was truly too satisfying!

When had her Intercepting Sect disciples ever held their heads this high?

Who would have thought that one day they could push a quasi-saint of the Western Religious Sect to such a state?

"Crack--"

Just then, a crisp cracking sound rang out.

Under the continuous assault of the Treasure-filled Jade Ruyi, the cracks on the base of the Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus widened. A palm-sized golden lotus leaf broke off and detached from the platform.

"Pfft--"

Her life-bound magical treasure was damaged again. Guanyin could no longer hold on, spitting out blood wildly and collapsing to the ground, listless.

"Huh? A piece fell off!"

Xiruan's eyes lit up. She picked up the lotus leaf, which shimmered with a faint golden light.

"Mmm, this leaf is so sparkly and pretty," she said, naturally tucking it into her Red Bib.

After stuffing it in, she ran back to the lotus pedestal and scratched her head in distress.

"This golden chair is too sturdy, it's hard to move."

She felt that relying on herself alone, it seemed a bit difficult to dismantle the whole thing and take it away.

She needed to think of another way.

"Bodhisattva... little ancestor..."

Guanyin Bodhisattva was truly scared. If this little ancestor kept hitting, her Nine-Grade Golden Lotus wouldn't just lose a leaf.

She was afraid it would be demoted on the spot, becoming an Eight-Grade, or even a Seven-Grade.

"I beg you, please be merciful and spare this humble monk..." Guanyin Bodhisattva's voice was on the verge of tears, "What... what do you want before you'll stop?"

"Hmm?"

Xiruan saw that the bad bald monk had finally gotten the hint and cleared her throat mysteriously.

"I just said, medical expenses, emotional distress compensation, and compensation for kidnapping our employee!"

"But!"

Her tone shifted, "I see you're a pauper, and this golden chair is hard to move, so I'll be benevolent and think of another way for you."

Guanyin Bodhisattva's eyes immediately lit up with a flicker of hope.

Could it be... she was going to let me go?

"You," Xiruan beckoned to Guanyin, "take us to your place!"

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