A Temple Made a Fine Place for Cultivation

"Call!!"

At sunrise.

Chu Tianshu stood in the hall on the second floor of the villa, his feet apart, his left hand stretched out in front, pressing down lightly, and his right fist twisted in the air, forming a fist stance.

With his breathing.

The air trembled beneath his left palm, heated slightly, and transformed into wisps of air that rose gently upwards from between his fingers.

His right fist was positioned high, right where the air currents were rising. His fingers were loosely clenched, and his palm was concave. The air currents flowed into the center of his right fist like weary birds returning to their nests.

This was something he had come up with in the past few days while studying Liu Yan's corpse and blood energy, and he was trying it out in his Palm Thunder and hand seal techniques.

Just in time, when practicing the "Sun-Chasing True Art," one needs a sophisticated method of guiding qi and blood to relieve the burden on the body and mind.

Practice can be done without neglecting either.

As of today, apart from Liu Yan's body, which Chu Tianshu hid on the second floor, there are still some remains.

The remaining bodies in the villa courtyard have been collected and dragged away by Shen Yan's team members.

Logically speaking, sealing off this empty crime scene and leaving one or two people to guard it would be enough.

In fact, their entire team remained here.

Chu Tianshu considered that the residual aura of Liu Yan and the Sect Leader Yeming was quite strong here, making it more beneficial to ponder things related to Liu Yan and the others.

Seeing that he was reluctant to leave, Shen Yan and the others did not dare to insist, so they had no choice but to accompany him.

These past few days, Chu Tianshu's three meals a day have been prepared by Shen Yan and others.

"Brother Chu, have you eaten?"

Yungu's voice reached Chu Tianshu's ears.

"We had rice cakes for breakfast this morning. What did they prepare for you? It wasn't some fancy brand of kimchi again, was it?"

Chu Tianshu did not stop his practice, but silently channeled his True Qi to his mouth and tongue, using the technique of Secret Sound Transmission to respond from afar.

"Fortunately, after I declined the option of having kimchi and barbecue with every meal, the food they bring me now is actually quite delicious."

Yungu and Chen Ying did not appear in front of Shen Yan and the others from beginning to end.

That day, Shen Yan led a team to collect the corpses, while the two of them went to find their respective Incense-Bearing Child, and soon they both gathered on this mountain.

Their rented accommodation was only a few hundred meters away from Chu Tianshu's.

If there is any unusual movement over there, Chu Tianshu's hearing will be able to detect it immediately.

Because they were neither too far nor too close, Yungu, on a whim, used his Secret Sound Transmission technique.

In the past few days, the three of them have been communicating via Secret Sound Transmission.

To be honest, for experts in Taboo techniques, within a range of no more than a kilometer, the ability to Secret Sound Transmission allows them to communicate at any time with extremely high confidentiality, making it more convenient than mobile phones and talismans.

"We eat, drink, and talk about martial arts every day. We're all like-minded and at similar levels. When we talk, we get really excited, and time just slips away without us noticing. If we can have a cigarette in our spare time, it's truly a heavenly life."

Yungu paused for a moment, probably smoking again, before continuing.

"But as the saying goes, forgetting war is dangerous, and being prepared for danger in times of peace is even more so. We still have three adversaries lurking in the shadows, two of whom are Evil Spirit."

"Brother Chu, hasn't the opportunity you mentioned—the one to lure the enemy out and set up an ambush—arrived yet?"

Chu Tianshu's hands moved slowly; his right hand flipped over and pressed down lightly, while his left hand hooked into a fist and steadily lifted upward.

After taking a few deep breaths, he looked further down the mountain.

During the more than twenty days of feigning compliance with the Sect Leader Yeming and others, Chu Tianshu occasionally went down the mountain for walks and discovered that talismans had been secretly laid out in the streets below the mountain.

It was well hidden, but it couldn't escape the Eye of Nanhua.

After confirming the characteristics of the talismans up close and memorizing their aura, Chu Tianshu could pinpoint their location even from his villa halfway up the mountain.

That was clearly a complete set of detection runes; once properly arranged, it could be activated.

The person who can preside over such a ceremony must be someone Taboo from doing so; they are most likely used to find a lone Incense-Bearing Child.

However, now that Chu Tianshu has discovered it, as long as the talisman array is activated, he can follow the clues and find the location of the central hub.

We'll charge in and catch the main force off guard.

"That's strange. Before I even fought Yeming, I could see that the aura of the talisman was already incredibly vast, like a spider web that was about to cover the entire Busan."

Chu Tianshu said, "Why haven't these several days passed yet, and the attack still hasn't started?"

Chen Ying relayed her voice. "The one in charge is most likely Lady Wang. Could it be that her ally secretly betrayed her, colluding with the owners of those three illusions to kill her?"

Even if she fights two against one, as long as she fights to the death, we will surely be able to sense her dying breath.

Yungu cautioned, "I think it's more likely that the three of them have colluded to use other methods against us, which is why they've abandoned this talisman array."

Chu Tianshu also largely agreed with this view.

But in that case, we'll have to find another way: to find competitors.

"Mr. Chu!"

Shen Yan started shouting in the courtyard again.

Chu Tianshu withdrew his thoughts, then finished his practice, raised both palms above his head, then flipped them back down to his dantian, exhaled all his turbid breath, and walked forward.

As he approached the window, he saw Shen Yan's excited expression.

"Minister Han wishes to meet with Mr. Chu to thank him for his contributions to Busan's security."

"The location is tentatively set at the temple Mount Shenyue. The minister is available today, but if Mr. Chu is unavailable today, we can choose another time. What do you think?"

Although South Korea has many religious sects, especially some emerging groups, it also has a strong Buddhist tradition. The president has received important guests in temples on many occasions.

The temple Mount Shenyue is one of Busan's most famous temples.

Choosing a specific date, prohibiting unauthorized personnel from going up the mountain, and dedicating the entire temple to cleaning and receiving distinguished guests demonstrates the importance placed on the temple.

"Finally, someone has made formal contact?"

Chu Tianshu muttered to himself.

From a broader perspective, what he did in Busan was certainly reasonable and justifiable.

Those he killed were indeed leaders and key members of the evil faction.

After collecting evidence, even if the overall nature of their various sects cannot be determined due to the circumstances of South Korea, it is not difficult to determine the nature of their individual sects.

However, no matter what, Chu Tianshu is a person from the Mystic Kingdom.

The people of the Mystic Kingdom, having eliminated a number of high-ranking criminals in South Korea territory, are not yet ready to leave.

In any case, there should be some influential figures in the local community who can speak for them; we should try to reach out and make contact.

We can't really let someone like Shen Yan, who doesn't hold a high position, represent the image of Great Goryeo from beginning to end, can we?

Therefore, in Chu Tianshu's view, Minister Han's request for a meeting was perfectly reasonable.

However, Chu Tianshu's vigilance did not diminish at all.

Based on available information and personal experience, the upper echelons of South Korea were known for their lack of tact and integrity in handling affairs.

Didn't those people who gave the orders through Shen Yan's earpiece know that someone as skilled as Chu Tianshu could clearly hear what was being said through the earpiece?

They essentially gave Chu Tianshu that order to shirk responsibility right in front of him, and since then, they haven't even made a phone call or video call.

No way.

Did they really spend so much time holding internal meetings first, and then having each department pass the buck to the other?

Why are they focusing all their energy on shifting blame, while completely ignoring Chu Tianshu, the real source of the trouble?

After all, this is the country that accomplished the Miracle on the Han River. Its rapid economic development back then was evident to all. It shouldn't be so poorly managed as to fall into this state... right?

Then we can only assume that perhaps they have other considerations and behavioral patterns that are so different from Chu Tianshu's understanding.

In this way, Minister Han's actions, which are too much in line with what Chu Tianshu considers normal conduct, may actually be even more abnormal.

"When in Rome, do as the host does."

Chu Tianshu said, "Since he's free today, let's meet and talk."

Shen Yan quickly replied, "Okay, okay, I'll report it immediately."

After a moment's thought, Chu Tianshu sent a few words to Yungu and the others via telepathy.

On Shen Yan's side, one of his team members had already driven back in a nice car and parked it at the gate of the courtyard.

After Chu Tianshu went downstairs, he saw Shen Yan pull out his team members, act as their driver, and invite them into the car.

If you drive carefully and avoid traffic, it takes less than half an hour to get from here to Mount Shenyue.

Mount Shenyue is closed to visitors today.

In the temple atop the mountain, Minister Han knelt before the Buddha statue, devoutly closing his eyes in prayer. After a moment, he glanced at his watch.

Less than a minute later, he glanced at it again.

Knowing that Chu Tianshu might be arriving at the foot of the mountain soon, he immediately got up, made an excuse to use the restroom, and left the monks and his bodyguards behind. Alone, he went along the corridor to the backyard and quietly ran to the back mountain.

It's a small matter, really just a small matter.

It was simply sending out an invitation and setting the meeting place at Mount Shenyue.

But even such a small matter made Minister Han quite nervous.

No one knows what abilities a truly Taboo human possesses.

But at least the records show that there was a veteran in the Special Investigation Bureau who was skilled in divination and fortune telling.

Many people in Busan's upper echelons dared not meet Chu Tianshu, fearing that if Chu Tianshu met them, he would see from their faces their past connections with certain evil sect leaders.

Nobody wanted to gamble on whether Chu Tianshu could see through his schemes and whether, for the sake of the bigger picture, he would let him go on the surface, but then secretly cast a curse to kill someone later.

Minister Han couldn't bear to look any longer and naturally had to leave quickly.

Chu Tianshu's car had arrived at the foot of the mountain. He opened the car door and slowly stepped onto the stone steps.

After tourists were turned away, even the foot of the mountain became much quieter.

Chu Tianshu looked back at the nearby streets, then turned his head to look up at the mountaintop.

The outline of the main hall is faintly visible, with several upturned eaves, and the sound of bells can be heard.

"This temple is a good place for spiritual practice."

Chu Tianshu climbed the steps.

But it seems he has killed in temple duels more than once before. Hopefully, this time the temple grounds won't turn into a killing field.

(End of this chapter)