The Two Sages of the West Sought Lin Tian

Just after Lin Tian tossed the bead to Erha to play with,

Far away in the void,

A burst of golden light suddenly appeared,

Surging in all directions with irresistible force.

Then,

As golden lotuses and jeweled ornaments fell,

A patch of space rippled strangely.

Two simply dressed figures

Slowly floated out of it,

Their bodies radiating an incomparably formidable presence

That stirred up countless phenomena.

These two were none other than the Two Sages of the West.

At this moment,

Their faces

Were filled with complicated expressions of confusion.

"Junior brother, you still can't sense it?"

"Duobao is one of the West's most important chess pieces."

"Absolutely nothing can go wrong!"

Jieyin, his face full of sorrow, spoke earnestly to Zhunti.

At this moment,

Zhunti was sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion.

The power of a Sage's laws surged ceaselessly around him.

Waves of mysterious Qi emerged from Zhunti.

He seemed to be divining something.

After a long while,

Zhunti abruptly opened his eyes.

A flash of astonishment passed through them.

He could not help replying to Jieyin.

"Senior brother, Duobao has come out of that barren place!"

As Zhunti spoke, he suddenly raised an eyebrow and said with some surprise,

"Hm? What's going on?"

"There's clearly no trace of that Buddhist bead's Qi on Duobao, so why hasn't his Buddhist intent diminished?"

Hearing Zhunti's words, Jieyin was taken aback. He said,

"His Buddhist intent hasn't diminished?"

"Can you still sense the Buddhist charm of that bead?"

Zhunti's gaze sharpened, and the power of his primordial spirit, unique to a Sage, surged wildly forward.

An instant later,

Zhunti's expression suddenly changed.

A look of astonishment swiftly spread across his face.

"Senior brother, that Buddhist bead is gone."

"What's more, I can't sense its existence at all, as though it had been erased from the Primordial World."

Hearing this,

Even Jieyin, a Sage, was somewhat surprised. He shook his head and said,

"That's impossible."

"That bead embodies the culmination of our West's profound principles, and it even contains the divine thoughts of both of us Sages."

"How could you possibly be unable to sense it?"

Hearing Jieyin's grave tone, Zhunti sighed and said heavily,

"Senior brother, that place is, after all, infinitely close to the Interception Sect, and its spiritual Qi is incredibly scarce, with little power of the laws of the Dao."

"With Saint Tongtian's power interfering, along with all the other factors,"

"It's possible that I can't sense it."

Hearing this, however, Jieyin frowned.

He said to Zhunti,

"Junior brother, you're mistaken."

"Think carefully. From the moment Duobao entered the outskirts of the Interception Sect,"

"His Qi began to fluctuate."

"Even with our strength and divine senses as Sages, we couldn't deduce or divine his precise location, much less learn what he was experiencing."

"And after he left, the Buddhist bead was gone, yet his Buddhist intent showed no sign of diminishing."

"Junior brother, don't you think there's something strange about that place?"

Since Zhunti had become a Sage,

He naturally possessed the necessary discernment.

Now, after hearing Jieyin's words,

Zhunti's expression suddenly changed.

A thought immediately flashed through his mind.

He could not help blurting out,

"Senior brother, you mean... there's something unusual about the place Duobao went to?"

Jieyin nodded.

His gaze turned to the distance.

Countless miles away lay the place where Duobao had just stopped.

A meaningful expression appeared on his face.

"Perhaps the reason we lost contact with the Buddhist bead, and the reason Duobao's Buddhist intent didn't disappear, are inextricably linked to the place where he just stayed."

"Perhaps there's a magic treasure there fated to be ours!"

Hearing Jieyin's analysis,

A trace of helplessness appeared on Zhunti's face.

"But senior brother, that's Tongtian's territory."

"If we approach rashly, Tongtian will surely notice us."

"He already dislikes us, and these past few days, Tongtian has discovered some traitors connected to the Western Teachings."

"If he sees us and we come to blows at the slightest disagreement, we're no match for him..."

At Zhunti's words, Jieyin's expression grew grave as well.

"That is a problem."

"However, that is the edge of the Interception Sect's territory, not a Daoist sanctuary within the sect itself."

"We are both among the countless living beings of the Primordial World. Tongtian has no authority over where we go."

"If Tongtian confronts us outside the Interception Sect's territory,"

"Even if we take the matter to the Dao Ancestor, surely the Dao Ancestor will stand up for us!"

"Let's put our minds at ease and go find out."

Hearing Jieyin's words,

Zhunti did not feel much more at ease.

He could not shake the feeling

That the place was a deep pool and a tiger's den,

And that something ominous would happen.

Although he felt somewhat uncertain,

When he thought of the Buddhist intent that had been rippling from Duobao,

Which was even a little stronger than that of the Buddhist bead they had given him,

Zhunti was filled with curiosity.

He wondered what Duobao had experienced

To undergo such a change.

At that thought,

Zhunti came up with a plan to be more cautious and said to Jieyin,

"Senior brother, it wouldn't be appropriate for us to go like this."

"The phenomena we Sages produce are too powerful. Why don't we disguise ourselves and suppress our Qi?"

"We can pretend to be ordinary living beings of the Primordial World and use magic treasures to block our Qi. That way, Tongtian shouldn't notice us so quickly."

"Then we'll be able to move more freely."

Hearing Zhunti's words,

Jieyin's eyes lit up, and he could not help saying,

"An excellent plan, junior brother."

Zhunti pressed his palms together. "Good."

The Two Sages of the West exchanged a few more words.

Their bodies flashed, and light appeared.

All the misty Qi merged into their bodies.

The phenomena rippling through the surrounding heaven and earth also faded away.

Then two farmers dressed in simple straw rain capes appeared.

The two did not linger.

They flashed away from the place,

Flying toward the Interception Sect's Daoist sanctuary!