Ning Ke curled his lips.
He was in no hurry to follow.
Instead, he turned and looked through the crowd, meeting the little monk Wugou's gaze.
Then he bared his teeth.
"..." Wugou suddenly had the impression that if he dared say the wrong thing, he would be bitten to death on the spot.
By late that night, he learned that it had been no mere impression.
Ning Ke lied to the abbot, saying that despite his high cultivation, he was only twenty and belonged to the same generation as the newest disciples.
So he specifically requested to share a courtyard with Wugou, and the abbot raised no objections.
Thus, Wugou found Ning Ke in his room.
Candlelight flickered inside.
Disguised as Mingxin, Ning Ke sat on the wooden table with one leg crossed over the other, looking nothing like a monk.
Even with his head shaved and his appearance changed, that face was still bewitching, brimming with demonic allure.
Ning Ke cut straight to the point. "You recognized me?"
Xiao Yuan had said Wugou possessed a seven-orifice exquisite heart, so Ning Ke's greatest concern about coming to the Buddhist Order was being discovered by Wugou.
His question was also a test.
"Patron Ning." Wugou nodded to him, making no attempt to hide it.
His fingers gently rolled his Buddhist Prayer Beads.
"As the exalted Demon Venerable, why have you disguised yourself as a monk and come to the Buddhist Order?"
Ning Ke answered honestly as well. "I need to get something from the Buddhist Order."
The third-stage mission-to free Lou Yunxiao from the danger of losing control once and for all-required the Buddhist Order's legendary treasure, the Buddha Lotus Lamp, in conjunction with the Clear Mind Heart Sutra.
The system said the lamp was in the Buddhist Order. To