Shadowless Daoist Wei Ju did not dare go to the Dragon-Elephant Nunnery. Nothing could persuade him to go.
Never mind Master Fentuo, whose boundless power could slap him dead with a single blow—even Fairy Nishang, Yang Jin, was no easy opponent.
During the Second Sword Duel, the Eastern and Western Demon Cults had joined forces to besiege Kaiyuan Temple and attack Ling Xuehong, Yang Jin's previous incarnation. After reincarnating and beginning her cultivation anew, that woman had recovered her powers rapidly, especially in recent years. Wei Ju reckoned she could not be far from ascending to the Ultimate Bliss World, and there was no way she could withstand the divine edge of his Prajna Blade.
Zhu Youmu's vitality was gravely depleted, so he could only say, "Take me to the Dragon-Elephant Nunnery. Neither Fellow Daoist Yang nor Master Fentuo will harm you. They will even reward you generously on my behalf."
He knew Wei Ju would never go without a concrete reason. But if he admitted that he had suffered a disaster, lost most of his vitality, and had only his primordial spirit left, nurturing itself inside the alms bowl, this fiend of the Unorthodox Path might suddenly turn against him, seize the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl, and even use his primordial spirit to cultivate sinister arts.
So he fabricated a story, saying that he was practicing an exceptionally unusual form of Buddhist Zen cultivation and needed Wei Ju to escort him to the Dragon-Elephant Nunnery. During the journey, Wei Ju must not communicate with anyone—not even utter a single word. Once they arrived, his cultivation would be complete, and the entire Buddhist Sect would thank Wei Ju.
If Wei Ju refused and prevented him from completing his Zen cultivation, he would imprison him inside the mountain opposite, leaving only his