Fire Dragon Temple

The dilapidated temple was overgrown with weeds and moss, and occasionally black crows could be heard cawing in the sky above.

At this moment, the sky had darkened, casting a gloomy and chilling atmosphere.

"This is the old site of the Fire Dragon Temple," Lu Peng said, looking at the boundless, ruined temple before him. "Back then, the Fire Dragon Temple was so prosperous. I heard that at its peak, the line of worshippers stretched from the mountaintop to the foot of the mountain, sometimes extending for hundreds of miles."

"It's a shame that after being destroyed by the Tan Family, this great Buddhist temple became a haunted place."

Lu Yiping nodded as the war chariot slowly advanced.

As it rolled over the ground, it produced a sound of crushing gravel.

Before long, they entered the depths of the ruined temple.

All along the way, they saw broken stone pillars, several people needed to embrace, and Buddhist statues toppled on the ground. The stone pillars were covered with various scriptures and patterns.

The Buddhist statues, in myriad forms, were mottled with age, and many had already decayed.

More than ten thousand years had passed since the destruction of the Fire Dragon Temple, and many of its buildings had turned into scattered sand and stones.

"Young Master, further ahead is the Buddhist cave of the Fire Dragon Temple, where their treasures were once kept. However, after the Tan Family destroyed the Fire Dragon Temple, they took all the treasures," Lu Peng said. "Now, the Buddhist cave has become a place for the Tan Family to refine puppets."

"It has been declared a forbidden area by the Tan Family, and no one dares to approach it."

"Not even within a hundred miles. Some experts who got close were captured by the Tan Family and refined into puppets."

As Lu Peng was explaining, Lu Yiping suddenly said, "The Tan Family occupying this place is looking for the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture, aren't they?"

Back then, the Tan Family had destroyed the Fire Dragon Temple and plundered countless Buddhist scriptures, cultivation techniques, and ultimate skills. However, they had never found the Fire Dragon Temple's foremost scripture, the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture.

There were many legends about the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture.

Some said that the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture was a Buddhist cultivation technique passed down by an Arhat from the Buddhist realm. Upon mastering it, one would possess the power of the Dragon Buddha and could forge their physical body into an indestructible golden body.

Others said that the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture was created by an ancient Buddha in ancient times. Cultivating it could greatly increase one's lifespan, breaking the limit of a hundred thousand years.

Furthermore, the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture itself possessed Buddhist power. Carrying it on one's person could repel all demons and suppress all ghosts and corpses.

This was why the Tan Family was still desperately searching for the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture.

Hearing Lu Yiping mention the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture, Lu Peng chuckled, "The Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture is probably not in the Fire Dragon Temple. Otherwise, after so many years, the Tan Family wouldn't have failed to find it."

For so many years, the Tan Family had searched every nook and cranny of the Fire Dragon Temple, likely more than ten times, yet they still hadn't found any trace of the Fire Dragon Buddhist Scripture.

Lu Yiping's eyes were deep as he looked towards a certain spot in the depths of the Fire Dragon Temple. "That's not necessarily true."

Lu Peng was startled. "Young Master, ten miles ahead is the Tan Family's forbidden zone."

"Tan Family experts patrol there frequently."

"A few years ago, several Grand Elders from our Asura Gate passed by and were captured by Tan Family experts."

The fate of those Asura Gate Grand Elders was self-evident.

Just then, a sound of breaking air suddenly came from behind them. A large group of people in black clothes appeared, flying through the air at an extremely high speed, arriving behind them in the blink of an eye.

These people in black were all masked, but judging by their attire, they were not from the Tan Family.

This group of people in black also saw Lu Yiping and his companions.

The leader of the black-clothed men paused his gaze on Lu Yiping.

"My Lord, shall we...?" his subordinate stepped forward and asked, implying they should deal with Lu Yiping and his group as well, since their actions tonight should not be seen by others.

The leader hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head. "Forget it. It's better to cause less trouble. We have more important things to do." He then led his men away, breaking through the air.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the vast night.

The Dragon Horn Golden Ox watched the departing black-clothed men and chuckled, licking its lips. "These black guys, I thought they were going to make a move just now."

"But judging by their direction, they should be heading to the Fire Dragon Temple's Buddhist cave."

Lu Yiping had the Dragon Horn Golden Ox follow them.

Not long after they moved, a thunderous roar was heard, followed by astonishing fluctuations of power.

It seemed a fight had broken out.

When Lu Yiping and his group arrived, they saw that the main hall ahead had been completely reduced to powder, and more than a dozen corpses lay scattered on the ground in the distance.

"Those are Tan Family experts," Lu Peng exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the corpses.

It was clear that the group in black had done this.

In the Hengyuan Plane, people turned pale at the mention of the Tan Family. Yet, someone dared to kill Tan Family disciples!

Moreover, this was a relatively important stronghold of the Tan Family.

However, the Tan Family had destroyed many sects, so they naturally had many enemies.

Lu Yiping and his group proceeded forward.

The path was lined with the corpses of Tan Family experts.

The group of black-clothed men who had arrived were very powerful.

When Lu Yiping and his group reached the depths of the Fire Dragon Temple's Buddhist cave, they saw the group in black fighting a group of Tan Family experts in an open space ahead. These Tan Family experts were not weak, and each of them had a powerful puppet by their side. The group in black encountered considerable resistance.

The group of black-clothed men and the Tan Family experts were surprised to see Lu Yiping and the others arrive.

The leader of the black-clothed men frowned.

Naturally, they did not want anyone to witness what was happening tonight.

Just then, suddenly, a Tan Family expert brought forth a puppet and fiercely attacked Lu Yiping's group.

However, as soon as this Tan Family expert and his puppet attacked in front of Lu Yiping, they suddenly froze. Then, like loose sand, they began to break apart, scattering in the wind.

Seeing this bizarre scene, the black-clothed men were greatly startled.

That Tan Family expert was a peak Great Emperor, first-level expert.

A peak Great Emperor, first-level expert, had just bizarrely disintegrated into scattered sand!

The Tan Family experts were also shocked when they saw this.

However, Lu Yiping's group did not continue their attack. Instead, they proceeded deeper into the Fire Dragon Temple's Buddhist cave.

As they moved deeper into the Fire Dragon Temple's Buddhist cave, they continuously encountered attacks from Tan Family experts. However, with Zhang Jin and the other three clearing the path, Lu Yiping and the Dragon Horn Golden Ox did not need to make a move.

They proceeded without any obstruction.

Finally, they arrived at the deepest space within the Buddhist cave.

The deepest part of the Buddhist cave was a massive Buddhist city. Buddha statues were visible everywhere. The architecture here was well-preserved, all left behind by the Fire Dragon Temple in the past.

The Buddhist city was completely empty.

Lu Peng's eyes were filled with confusion. He didn't understand why Lu Yiping had come to the deepest part of this Buddhist cave.

There was nothing in the deepest part of this Buddhist cave.

Suddenly, he saw Lu Yiping reach out towards the void ahead. Intense light surged in the space before them, and then, an Ancient Buddha Character appeared.

This Ancient Buddha Character gave Lu Peng and the others a very strange feeling.