Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sent his avatar to Gao Family Village. After examining Gao Cuilan's condition, he was deeply shocked.
"Bodhisattva, is there any way to save her?" Marshal Canopy asked from the side.
"If it were merely Miss Gao Cuilan's soul being suppressed, leaving her on the verge of death, I might still have a chance to save Miss Ziling. But now, it is more than that. Someone behind the scenes has manipulated a formation called the Life-Death Formation. With my strength, it will be very difficult to save Miss Ziling. At present, I have no way to help her," Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said.
Everyone froze upon hearing this. Did that mean there was no way at all?
They had heard of the Life-Death Formation as well. Once it was activated and imposed upon someone's body, there was more than a ninety-percent chance of certain death. Trying to save the victim would be extraordinarily difficult.
They had never expected anyone to use such a thing.
Though they did not know who was behind it, one could guess with a little thought. Who else could it be besides Taishang Laojun and the others?
There were no more than two purposes behind this. First, to provoke a battle between Marshal Canopy, Goku, and the others, causing misunderstandings among them. Second, to let Miss Ziling slowly die away and wear down Marshal Canopy's spirit. By the time Miss Ziling died, Marshal Canopy would be utterly disheartened and would die soon after.
If that happened, the Five Elements path to enlightenment in the Western Heaven would be destroyed. Xuanzang's journey westward would become even more difficult, and even if he made it all the way through, he might not necessarily attain enlightenment.
"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, please help us. If there is anything I can do, I am