"This was not the reason. Jiangliu's unwillingness to go to Chang'an dated back to a Golden Cicada Dharma Assembly several years ago." Hai Shi fell silent for a moment before finally speaking.
Shen Luo and Lu Huaming focused intently when they heard that he had finally gotten to the matter.
"Because Golden Mountain Temple produced a great master like Golden Cicada, we held a Golden Cicada Dharma Assembly every year. Jiangliu was eight that year. Having already achieved much in Buddhist studies, he attended the assembly for the first time and gave an incomparably brilliant sermon that won the admiration of all the monks in the temple. But just as the assembly was about to end, a demon suddenly infiltrated the temple," Hai Shi said.
"A demon? What kind of demon?" Shen Luo's pupils contracted as he immediately asked.
"So I was wondering why the aura within Golden Mountain Temple felt so strange. It turns out you two snuck in!" At that moment, a cold snort came from outside.
Before the voice faded, a streak of green light came whistling in from outside. It was an azure monk's saber that pierced through the window and cleaved down at Shen Luo's head, clearly intent on splitting him in two.
Shen Luo's expression darkened. With a flick of the five fingers of his right hand, five crimson sword beams several feet long shot forth and struck the green saber.
With a thunderous boom, crimson and green light intertwined. The green saber was sent flying back, while Shen Luo swayed and took a step backward.
Violent shockwaves spread from the clash. The room was already dilapidated, and the blast tore it apart at once before it collapsed with a roar.
Figures flew over from afar and landed nearby in the blink of an