Meeting Yang Chan

Crack!

With Jiang Zhe's current physical constitution, he might not have been quite as tough as steel, but he came close.

Weaver Girl bit down and was instantly stunned.

"All right, let's go see your cousin now," Jiang Zhe said, waving a hand.

Then he led the apprehensive Weaver Girl toward the Third Holy Mother Temple, one step at a time.

Inside the temple, Yang Chan pondered for a while, but still could not understand why the son born to the Liu Family Village chief had Buddha light within him.

But the matter had served as a warning to her.

Although the Three Realms were currently at peace, and there was no dispute between Buddhism and Daoism,

both her second brother and Chang'e had warned her to be wary of the Buddhist Order of Spirit Mountain.

If the youngest son of Liu Family Village had not been attacked today, she would have had a hard time discovering the Buddha light within him.

And that Buddha light had clearly been deliberately stirred; she had been just a tiny distance away from touching it.

Yang Chan suspected that, as soon as she touched the Buddha light, it would surely move onto her.

Heaven knew what effect that Buddha light had.

So had Spirit Mountain set its sights on her?

At the thought, Yang Chan shuddered violently.

She immediately thought it over and resolved to tell her second brother about it.

But Weaver Girl would be here soon. If her second brother saw her, would he make Weaver Girl go back?

After all, Weaver Girl was a heavenly maiden, and heavenly maidens were forbidden from descending to the mortal world.

"You little brat, descending to the mortal world was bad enough, but you're actually following a mortal cultivator around. If your royal father finds out, he'll probably beat your bottom until it blooms," Yang Chan muttered to herself.

At the same time, she raised her head slightly, having already sensed the two people approaching.

To be honest, she was actually rather fond of Jiang Zhe.

That day, he had helped her temple resolve a rather troublesome problem with its worshippers.

He was also quite handsome, making people unable to help taking a liking to him.

At the entrance to the Third Holy Mother Temple.

The moment Weaver Girl and Jiang Zhe stepped inside, the temple before them vanished, replaced by a rather lovely courtyard.

An elegant woman in a plain white dress sat upright in the courtyard, a wisp of tea fragrance drifting gently into the air.

"Sit."

Yang Chan looked up and gave them a faint smile, then pointed to the two seats in front of her.

"Greetings, Goddess Third Holy Mother." Jiang Zhe bowed slightly. After paying his respects, he walked over one step at a time and sat down across from Yang Chan.

Behind him, Weaver Girl also meekly offered her greetings.

Then Jiang Zhe saw Yang Chan roll her eyes at Weaver Girl.

"What did you call me? What, have you become one of my worshippers too?"

"Oh, cousin!" Weaver Girl stamped her foot, then hurried over in a few steps and sat down in front of her.

Yang Chan glanced at the expressionless Jiang Zhe. "It seems you've known who she was all along."

"I'm not stupid. She fell from the sky and kept muttering about taking me to the Heavenly Court every day. Who else could she be but a heavenly maiden?" Jiang Zhe picked up the tea in front of him and drank it in one gulp, then spoke calmly.

"Aren't you curious about our relationship, either?"

"Nothing to be curious about." Jiang Zhe shook his head.

"All right, but you should still be careful where you need to be. Some relationships aren't so easy to..." Before Yang Chan could finish, Weaver Girl clapped a hand over her mouth.

"Cousin, don't talk nonsense."

Yang Chan looked at Weaver Girl's pleading eyes, then shook her head and pulled her over to sit beside her.

Once that was done, Weaver Girl began questioning them both seriously. "How did you two end up going to Liu Family Village today?"

"By chance. We didn't know anything about it at first, but we heard the villagers talking and followed them out of curiosity."

"Who would have thought there'd actually be a monster..." At this point, Weaver Girl quietly raised her head to look at Jiang Zhe.

She was not stupid either. A genuine heavenly maiden might not be very strong in combat, but she still had basic powers of perception, and could clearly sense the scorching power of flames at the scene.

And wasn't Jiang Zhe someone who wielded the power of flames?

That baby was a Buddhist, and clearly possessed intelligence. If he had truly been a newborn, even the reincarnation of a Buddhist Order expert would not have known how to circulate magic power, Buddhist power, or the like.

But he had known how to circulate Buddhist power as soon as he was born. He must have reincarnated with his memories intact. What was someone from Spirit Mountain, carrying his memories, doing near her cousin?

There had to be a plot, so he had deserved to be burned to death by Jiang Zhe.

"How strange. Who exactly is targeting Liu Family Village? Could it be someone the village chief offended in the past?" Hearing Weaver Girl's account, Yang Chan was also baffled no matter how she thought about it.

"Is that question important?" Jiang Zhe suddenly asked out of the blue.

"Of course it's important. Hurting my people on my turf! They clearly don't take me seriously at all." Yang Chan slammed her hand on the table, her eyes full of anger.

Jiang Zhe hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself. Are you sure those are your people?

He wanted to warn Yang Chan, but he could not bear the price of doing so.

If he warned Yang Chan that the Buddhist Order had its eye on her, she was no fool, and her own backing was powerful. She would naturally tell Erlang Shen at once.

The problem was that, with Erlang Shen's violent temper and sister complex, there was no way he would hear about it and do nothing.

He might well act even before the monkey!

Then Havoc in Heaven would become Havoc in Spirit Mountain.

And given Yang Chan and Yang Jian's relationship, even if there were Havoc in Spirit Mountain, they would probably be perfectly fine afterward.

But what about him?

If he violated the Buddhist Order's great taboo, Tathagata Buddha might not be the only one to act. The two Saints in the West might even hold a grudge against him.

Jiang Zhe guessed that he might be able to shield himself from a Quasi-Saint's divination, but when it came to a Saint's divination, he really had no confidence.

Saints were on far too high a level.

They were also far too powerful. So, all things considered, he would put it off and lie low until he at least had the strength to protect himself, then reveal it.

"All right, you'd better not linger in the mortal world either. In a few days, I'm going to report this matter to my second brother and have him investigate."

"If my second brother sees you here then..."

At that, Yang Chan shook her head. What she meant was self-evident to Weaver Girl.

"Ah! Cousin is coming too?" Weaver Girl's face instantly fell.

"Mm. This matter is very strange. You sensed it too, didn't you?" Yang Chan's expression grew grave. Weaver Girl was a heavenly maiden too, with powerful senses. And that Buddhist power had appeared out in the open.

The appearance of the Buddhist power had indeed made both women more wary.