The Tiger Monster immediately shot the Snake Monster a glance, and the Snake Monster nodded in response.
The two were now partners in crime, their minds in perfect accord. A single glance was all the Snake Monster needed to understand what the Tiger Monster meant.
He immediately raised his voice.
"Now that the spiritual treasure is in my hands, I'll begin the Spiritual Power Transfer at once."
"But this time, we must be especially careful. Once the transfer begins, there can't be the slightest mistake, or all our efforts will come to nothing, and we won't be able to activate the guidance again for ten days."
Hearing that failure would leave them without guidance to fortuitous opportunities for ten days, everyone present focused their minds, not daring to breathe too loudly.
But what the Tiger Monster said next nearly made them lose their composure.
"Since everyone's here, you'll all have to follow my commands in a moment."
"Now listen to me. Divide into two lines, one on the left and one on the right, then crouch down like this!"
The Tiger Monster immediately transformed into a tiger, planting all four limbs on the ground and kneeling on his hind legs.
The thing was, this posture looked perfectly normal for a tiger.
But for Guangchengzi and the others to imitate him? They truly found it humiliating!
Wasn't this posture asking them to prostrate themselves completely??
Hesitation showed on Guangchengzi's face.
"This posture..."
They bowed to the Three Pure Ones above and heaven and earth below, but never to some Little Stone Pagoda of unknown origin!
The Tiger Monster immediately glared at them!
"What's wrong with this posture?"
"I'm telling you, this is the quickest method we Jie Sect disciples found after discussing it for ages!"
"Besides, don't you people from the Chan Sect do this all the time? You might even do it better than us beasts. Why are you unwilling now?"
"Don't tell me you can't manage it? Or are you all reputation and no substance?"
Being looked down on by a mere fur-clad, horn-bearing beast stirred Guangchengzi and the others' competitive spirit.
Besides, the Chan Sect had always valued proper conduct. If anyone performed acts of reverence best, it was unquestionably them.
For the sake of a fortuitous opportunity, they were willing to swallow this humiliation.
And so, within mere seconds, Guangchengzi dropped to his knees before the Little Stone Pagoda in the Tiger Monster's hands.
Seeing this, the Chan Sect disciples behind him also knelt one after another.
With a whole crowd kneeling before them, the Tiger Monster and the Snake Monster could barely hide their smiles.
After all, the Little Stone Pagoda was being held in his hands. From this angle, the crowd looked as though they were kneeling in worship of the two of them!
The feeling simply couldn't have been more satisfying!
In truth, even the Snake Monster was stunned.
How could he have imagined that the Tiger Monster would be this brazen?
That usually dull head of his had actually come up with such a brilliant trick!
With just a few words, he had truly made these obnoxious Chan Sect fellows kneel.
And on both knees, right before them!
The feeling was simply wonderful!
Even the Snake Monster couldn't resist winking at the Tiger Monster.
You really are something!
The Tiger Monster held his head high and puffed out his chest, holding the Little Stone Pagoda in one hand and supporting the Heaven-Overturning Seal with the other.
"Good. Now I'll begin slowly infusing spiritual power."
"Just follow my guidance and kowtow three times, making sure your heads strike the ground loudly!"
Hearing that they also had to kowtow, the Chan Sect disciples finally realized something was wrong.
"Paying respects is one thing, but why must we kowtow?"
Yet when Guangchengzi saw the smiles on the Tiger Monster's and the Snake Monster's faces, what was there left for him to misunderstand?
Well, well!
So these two monsters had been stringing us along the entire time!
Looking at them all kneeling across the ground, Guangchengzi instantly felt his blood surge straight to his head!
"You dare make fools of us!"
Guangchengzi immediately raised his hand, spiritual power gathering in his palm.
It was a clear sign that his humiliation had turned to fury.
For daring to toy with them like this, the Tiger Monster and the Snake Monster were already as good as dead in Guangchengzi's eyes.
Besides, they had plenty of ways to force the Tiger Monster and the Snake Monster to reveal how to find fortuitous opportunities, yet they had insisted on playing along with their tricks.
And now look what had happened. These two had actually tricked them into kneeling-and right before the monsters themselves, at that.
But before Guangchengzi could strike, the Snake Monster transformed into his true form and lashed his tail!
The Snake Monster's movement was anything but slight. As soon as his tail struck down, the ground shook three times.
The blow nearly made Guangchengzi lose his footing.
While he was still dazed, the Snake Monster swept his tail across again!
The heavy blow struck Guangchengzi in the chest, instantly sending him flying several hundred zhang as he spat out a mouthful of foul blood.
"You dare show us such disrespect? Do you really think neither of us has a temper?"
The Snake Monster's sudden attack caught everyone present completely off guard.
They truly hadn't expected him to attack without warning, much less with his tail.
More importantly, hadn't he already begun cultivating toward immortality? Why was he still using such a crude, simple method?
With the Snake Monster's strike successful, the Tiger Monster simply brought out the Heaven-Overturning Seal.
"Since fighting one is no different from fighting a whole crowd, why not test the power of your senior brother's treasure right here?"
With that, the Heaven-Overturning Seal in the Tiger Monster's hands expanded in midair, then slammed heavily down toward the Chan Sect disciples!
How could the Chan Sect disciples possibly withstand this blow?
Besides, the Heaven-Overturning Seal was an Innate Spiritual Treasure, after all. Even if it didn't belong to the Tiger Monster, now that it was in his hands, it was powerful enough to knock their entire boatload over with a single sweep of the pole!
Every Chan Sect disciple present was crushed dizzy and knocked to the ground by the Heaven-Overturning Seal. Even Daoist Randeng, the strongest among them, was driven back several meters by the shock.
Seeing the state of the crowd before him, the Tiger Monster treasured the Heaven-Overturning Seal in his hands even more.
"Who would've thought this Heaven-Overturning Seal would be so handy?"
"If I'd known, I would've gotten it sooner and saved myself all this trouble."
Watching the Tiger Monster use his own Magic Treasure to attack his fellow disciples, Guangchengzi glared so fiercely that his eyes nearly split!
"Insolence!"
"Give me back my Magic Treasure!"
With that, Guangchengzi charged straight at the two monsters.
Yet this little attack of his was nothing at all in the Tiger Monster's eyes.
Not to mention that he still had the Heaven-Overturning Seal in his hands!
"You've got the nerve of a dog! Today, I'll crush you beneath my might!"
With that, the Heaven-Overturning Seal in the Tiger Monster's hands instantly expanded!
But the Heaven-Overturning Seal was Guangchengzi's Magic Treasure, after all.
Seeing the Tiger Monster actually use his own Magic Treasure against him, Guangchengzi was so furious that he nearly plunged headfirst into the ground.
But he quickly steadied his mind and softly recited an incantation.
As the incantation rang out, the Tiger Monster felt movement in his hands. The Heaven-Overturning Seal was about to break free and fly back to Guangchengzi.
After finally swindling such a treasure out of him, how could the Tiger Monster possibly let it slip away so easily?
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