A Larger Divine Statue

The repairs to Cave No. 3 were completed several days later.

Since everyone had worked quite hard on this trip, they spent the following days doing small jobs in the workshop, taking it as a chance to rest and recover.

That day, Duan Rong was working alongside Luo Xian at a long table when he suddenly heard several craftsmen at the other end whispering about a civet cat, flute music, and such.

Duan Rong's heart stirred, and he pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

In truth, after Duan Rong left that night, the monk guarding Mountain Statue Cave had paced about the cave and brooded for the entire night.

At dawn the next day, he still went to the Discipline Hall and reported his experience to the Enforcement Monks there.

Mountain Statue Cave was also a secret site of the sect. When the Enforcement Monks heard that something strange had happened there, they were initially rather tense. Yet after listening for a while, impatience began to show on their faces.

Although the guard monk recounted everything in a clear and orderly manner, his story was simply too absurd to believe. The Enforcement Monks could not help being suspicious, so they asked many questions, half questioning him and half making things difficult for him.

At first, the guard monk answered them, but gradually he sensed the Enforcement Monks' attitude and fell silent. The report thus ended with a mighty beginning and a feeble end, fading away without result.

As the guard monk walked out of the Discipline Hall, he could not help regretting his decision. He felt that he should never have come to the Discipline Hall in the first place.

One sentence from the Enforcement Monk had left him speechless. "That civet cat was playing a flute outside the