There were forty-four monks in this temple.
When Ling Yi barged in, they were doing their evening prayers. The so-called evening prayers were a group of monks Meditation in front of the Buddha Dharma Manifestation, chanting sutras while striking a wooden fish.
Leading the group was the abbot, dressed in a red kasaya, flanked by two middle-aged monks who were striking a wooden fish and chanting sutras.
Judging by this setup, it actually looks like something out of the ordinary.
Beneath the golden Dharma Manifestation of Buddha were the memorial tablets of those six criminals.
The memorial tablets also bear the names of the worshippers in both Wenhe and Korean, as well as the name of the person who made the offering, Wu Nüping.
At this moment, Ling Yi still maintained the image of a burly, Reckless Man.
Ling Yi's appearance immediately caught the attention of the monks.
"Esteemed benefactor, it is currently our evening prayer time. If you wish to burn incense and worship Buddha, please wait a moment."
Upon seeing Ling Yi, the old abbot clasped his hands together, bowed slightly, and said...
Ling Yi revealed a cruel smile and kicked the monks at his feet aside one by one.
This time, Ling Yi didn't hold back at all.
In an instant, the monks blocking the way were sent flying sideways to the left and right, coughing up blood mid-air, their fate unknown.
"How dare you! Who would dare to act so arrogantly before the Buddha!" The old abbot's pupils shrank upon seeing this.
"Get them out!"
At the old monk's command, the monks stopped chanting and striking the wooden fish, and stood up to surround Ling Yi.
"I love people like you who aren't afraid of death."
Ling Yi chuckled coldly, grabbed the neck of the nearest monk, and then, like throwing a sack of potatoes, lifted him high and slammed him to the ground.
"Puff!"
The monk coughed up blood, his head lolled to the side, and he immediately fainted.
Then, with a swift left and right slap, he sent the charging monks flying in all directions.
Screams filled the air.
These monks had never seen anything like it before. The remaining monks were so frightened that they scrambled away from Ling Yi, not daring to approach him again.
Ling Yi Ling Yi a few steps to the memorial tablets. The more he looked at them, the more irritable and uncontrollable his anger became.
"Do you know who these six beasts are?" Ling Yi asked the abbot, enunciating each word clearly.
The old abbot's pupils contracted, and he immediately understood the young man's purpose.
However, the old man remained calm and said, "Amitabha, benefactor, you are attached to appearances. As the saying goes, the past is fleeting, like clouds and smoke. Why cling to the past?"
"So, old man, you believe the crimes these demons committed can be forgiven?" Ling Yi asked, his heart filled with murderous intent, staring intently at him.
The old monk seemed to sense the murderous intent in Ling Yi's gaze. Suppressing his instinct to retreat, he forced himself to say, "Please restrain your hostility, benefactor. We monks believe in the emptiness of all things and the equality of all beings."
"Click!"
Ling Yi suddenly raised his foot and kicked the old monk, breaking one of his legs. Amidst the old monk's contorted expression of pain, he bent down and asked, "I just broke one of your legs. Is it all insignificant now, like smoke and clouds?"
"You are now filled with fear, and your eyes are filled with murderous intent. Is this what you mean by 'emptiness of the four elements'?"
Ling Yi pointed to the six memorial tablets, "These demons are not worthy of being human, equal to all beings! They are utterly despicable!"
"You all deserve to die!" Ling Yi roared.
The old man stopped pretending this time and pleaded through his pain, "Benefactor, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on us. The other party has immense power and forced us to worship the ancestral tablets."
"Hiss, although I'm the Weaving here, to put it bluntly, I'm just a civil servant. The administrators here don't have the slightest right to refuse."
"Heh, do you even believe that excuse yourself?" Ling Yi sneered.
Ling Yi turned around, grabbed the six memorial tablets in his hands, and crushed them into powder with force.
"Tell me who was involved in this."
The old monk dared not hide anything at this moment; he just wanted to get rid of this troublemaker as soon as possible and then go to the hospital to have his leg checked.
"These six memorial tablets were first sent by Wu Nüping, the wife of the deputy mayor of Liushan City. I refused them at the time, knowing the sinfulness of the matter and daring not to be tainted by such Karmic Force."
Ling Yi had already obtained the details of the incident from the system and knew that what the old monk said was true.
"Heh, what do you mean by not daring to get involved in Karmic Force? You're probably worried about being discovered and having your offerings cut off, aren't you?"
"Ahem, you are right, benefactor." The old monk did not refute, nor did he dare to.
"The second time, Wu Nüping brought the deputy mayor of Liushan City, the director of the Bureau of Culture, and the mayor of Liushan Town to put pressure on me. If I didn't agree, you can imagine what would happen."
Ling Yi raised his head, looked at the live broadcast camera, and sneered, "Everyone, now it's your turn to shine. Remember their names: Jia Shiren, Deputy Mayor of Liushan City; Wu Nüping, Jia Shiren's wife; Bai Yisheng, Director of the Liushan City Cultural Bureau; Bai Siwen, Mayor of Liushan Town..."
"And this abbot, Master Zangkong, these people will be infamous for eternity!"
After Ling Yi finished speaking, he immediately shut down the live stream, let out a loud laugh, and turned to walk out.
Although Ling Yi ended the live stream, the viewers in the live stream room were extremely excited.
With hundreds of millions of viewers joining in, the incident instantly became a trending topic.
The identities of Wu Nüping, Jia Shiren, Bai Yisheng, Bai Siwen, and Master Zangkong were quickly exposed and publicly exposed online.
Unlike previous incidents involving Reckless Man, this one involved the entire nation and sparked widespread outrage online.
Meanwhile, the reputation of the Reckless Man reached its Pinnacle.
However, Ling Yi no longer cared how things would develop from there.
At this moment, he is driving his RV along the Meiliu Expressway towards the next city.
"System, is this your doing? I can't seem to control my emotions. Back at the temple, I almost lost control of my murderous intent."
After a long while, four words floated before Ling Yi's eyes. "Follow your heart!"
Ling Yi remained silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"Follow your heart? Ha!"
The Meiliu Expressway is a highway connecting Liushan City and Meijian City, with a total length of 300 kilometers.
There are six videos about Meijian City in the system. The earliest video was taken on the evening of July 11, and the last video was taken on the afternoon of July Android 13.
Today is July No. 9, which means Ling Yi needs to stay in Meijian City for at least four days.
Meijian City is a city whose economy is primarily based on tourism.
It features numerous mountains, towering peaks, continuous forests, lakes, and waterfalls.
With its year-round spring-like climate, Meijian City is indeed an excellent tourist resort.
Director Ma of the Dafeng City Police Bureau had just hung up the phone.
"Stop dealing with the Reckless Man man," Director Ma said, taking a deep breath.
Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Director Ma asked, "What do you think of this Reckless Man?"
The group exchanged bewildered glances, unsure how to respond.
"We just received a verbal order to abandon the Capture of the Reckless Man and for local police to focus solely on Reckless Man."
"It seems that the higher-ups approve of the Reckless Man's behavior, or, as the Reckless Man himself said, the world needs a Reckless Man."
"Especially regarding today's incident, the higher-ups are quite satisfied with how the Reckless Man was dealt with. After all, there are some things we simply cannot cross the line, even if we know these people deserve to die."
"By analyzing the character of this Reckless Man man, we can see that although he acts impulsively, he has his own bottom line. What we need to do is constantly remind him not to cross that line."
Alright, meeting adjourned!
After everyone left, Director Ma took a deep breath, lit One Cigarette, opened his phone's photo album, clicked on a picture, and stared at the young and handsome figure in it, lost in thought.
And this photo is none other than Ling Yi's.
In reality, the decision made by the authorities was unavoidable.
Someone specifically analyzed the abilities of Reckless Man, and the more they analyzed it, the more powerful the Reckless Man seemed.
At the very least, Reckless Man possesses power far exceeding that of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality; one can only befriend such a person, not antagonize them.
Otherwise, if you anger Reckless Man, who knows what that guy might do?
It wasn't just Director Ma who received the notice from above; almost every other city received a similar one.
Furthermore, the identity of the Reckless Man has been largely confirmed above.
This story begins with the video of Ling Yi beating up the woman who was trying to scam him.
Ling Yi was livestreaming on the Slow Foot Livestreaming Platform at the time. Although it was quickly Sealing, his real identity information was recorded on the Slow Foot Platform.
Ling Yi's style of doing things is almost identical to that of the Reckless Man. Combined with the fact that the places where Ling Yi appears basically overlap with the Reckless Man's, it is easy to link the identities of the Reckless Man and Ling Yi.
"Who would have thought that this Reckless Man would be such a young fellow!"
On the other side, Ling Yi was unaware that he had been exposed, but even if he did, he wouldn't care too much.
Ling Yi had arrived at a tollbooth.
Ahead of Ling Yi was a white minivan. Ling Yi grinned, a look of interest on his face, and muttered, "Interesting!"
After passing the tollbooth, Ling Yi immediately followed the van.
Such blatant following, coupled with the fact that it was nighttime and the roads were already sparsely populated, and that Ling Yi's RV was so conspicuous, caused the people in the van to react quickly.
The car sped up considerably, and as it passed an intersection, it turned onto a dirt road with Ling Yi inside.
After driving for more than ten minutes on the dirt road, the van suddenly stopped, and Ling Yi also stopped his car about five or six meters away.
Then he opened the car door and jumped out of the RV.
At the same time, seven or eight people got out of the van opposite.
They were all carrying machetes and other weapons, and two of them were also carrying homemade hunting rifles.
Before these people could speak, Ling Yi asked first, "Kidnapping?"
"Heh, young man, the Ghost Gate are open at night, why court death?"
The bald, middle-aged man who was in the lead raised his hunting rifle, aimed it at Ling Yi, and sneered.
"Just curious!" Ling Yi chuckled, walking towards the middle-aged man without flinching.
"Stand down..."
Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, he felt a blur before his eyes, and Ling Yi was already standing in front of him.
The next moment, the gun appeared in Ling Yi's hand.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. The middle-aged man's pupils contracted sharply, and he quickly took a few steps back.
Ling Yi toyed with the hunting rifle, then pointed the muzzle at his palm and, to the astonishment of the onlookers, pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
After a crisp sound, a plume of smoke rose from Ling Yi's palm.
Ling Yi opened his palm, and several deformed iron beads slipped out.
"A physical fitness level of 30 is indeed enough to withstand bullets." Ling Yi nodded in satisfaction, then grinned at the bald man.
The next moment, Ling Yi's figure vanished from the spot...