Golden Buddhist Jade

Mu Qing froze, staring at the man before him with astonishment in his eyes.

The other man looked exceptionally amiable as he sat down beside Mu Qing.

Yet that gleaming bald head left Mu Qing stunned. Was he one of the Buddhists?

He knew that Buddhists seemed to shave their heads clean.

Mu Qing looked around, but it was as though no one had noticed the man.

"There's no need to look around, little brother. This tavern belongs to our Buddhist sect. You can call me Xuan Yi."

Xuan Yi ordered himself a cup of wine as well, took a light sip, then began appraising Mu Qing.

Mu Qing frowned and questioned, "But none of them are bald."

Xuan Yi smiled. "Who said joining the Buddhist sect means you must shave your head?"

"You know what kind of situation our Buddhist sect is in within the Tai Ning Realm. For the sake of maintaining their absolute dominance, the Technology Alliance will not allow any force capable of threatening them to emerge. That is why they are hunting our Buddhist sect with all their strength. If every one of us walked around with a bald head, all our strongholds would have been wiped out long ago."

He told Mu Qing that shaving one's head was not mandatory in the Buddhist sect. Those who acted outside with bald heads were generally figures unafraid of the Technology Alliance's wanted notices.

"So? You're someone who doesn't need to fear being hunted by the Technology Alliance either?" Mu Qing looked at him.

Xuan Yi smiled. "You could say that."

Mu Qing's heart stirred at those words. He thought of the Blood Blade Great Emperor. Could it be that this Xuan Yi was also a Great Emperor?

If that were true, then this Buddhist sect was