Chapter 134: Chapter 83: Twin-Form Amplifier Arms Grow Scales, The Siskin Strikes—Slaying the Demon Buddha
Jiang Zhenshan said again, "Don’t be fooled by Senior Brother Yan and Senior Sister Pang looking young, but they are actually both over fifty years old.
When they were your age, they were far from reaching your achievements.
Haste makes waste, Brother Li."
Li Xuan opened the lunchbox and ate the breakfast Jiang Zhenshan brought, saying, "Brother Jiang, I want to travel around the surroundings and relax."
Jiang Zhenshan laughed, "That’s a good thing, Brother Li should do that, then let me arrange it to ensure Brother Li enjoys it comfortably."
Li Xuan gently shook his head, saying, "I’ll wander around by myself for some peace. I just don’t know the terrain well, does Brother Jiang have a map?"
Jiang Zhenshan paused for a moment, but nodded nevertheless, "Yes, of course, I will get it now."
A half day later, Jiang Zhenshan brought a map tube and led a fast horse, also preparing a thousand taels of gold for Li Xuan’s travel entertainment.
Li Xuan didn’t linger, leaving through the northern gate of the capital that same day.
Afterward, he went to a secluded place, infused the "mutated monkey" bloodline, changed his appearance, and then followed the paths on the map, turning off small roads heading east, and quickly proceeded towards Lingbo Mansion in Luoshui Province.
The matter of the Demon Buddha was something he couldn’t settle in his heart.
From the Prime Minister’s secret letter, as well as Jiang Zhenshan’s casual comments, it seemed that the Great Yin was preparing to attack the Demon Buddha.
The time might be at the start of this year.
Perhaps they were already fighting, or the fight was imminent.
Li Xuan didn’t know if the Great Yin could overpower the Demon Buddha, but he knew the Demon Buddha might not be as invincible as rumored.
If the Demon Buddha truly feared nothing and could do anything, he wouldn’t have let dozens of people escape during the attack against Liang Shigu’s thousand cavalry.
It should be noted that Liang Shigu had directly plunged into the Demon Buddha’s domain, fighting amid the prayers and incense of thousands of faithful believers.
Without that much incense, the Demon Buddha’s strength should be weakened further.
Not to mention that when Yu Sect withdrew from Xinci Temple, the Demon Buddha did not take direct action, but instead quickly left the scene through some peculiar method. Does this not imply that the Demon Buddha might not have large-scale lethal means?
Of course, this was just his conjecture.
But now, with the Great Yin testing the Demon Buddha’s strength for him.
So, he also wanted to see if the Demon Buddha, once killed, would bleed demonic blood.
At the same time, take that little girl, Rose, back home.
If it was said that Rose needed the Demon Buddha to explore her secrets, then... why couldn’t the Demon Buddha be him?
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Several days later.
Li Xuan released the fine horse early in the wild and arrived near Lingbo Mansion by himself.
He slightly investigated the city’s atmosphere and quickly realized that the incense atmosphere here was thick, especially with the efficacy of the Bright Temple’s Buddha, attracting many devoted believers.
Li Xuan understood, Yu Sect was most likely here.
So, he created an illusory woman, ordinary-looking, in her forties, with a plump face and a swollen body. He himself transformed into an ordinary rough man image, and together with his illusory woman, they posed as a couple.
Year after year of disasters, there were many refugees, losing household registers was not uncommon.
He and the woman made up names and backgrounds, found a "wild house walker" with shady methods, used money to pave the way, quickly resolving temporary household registration issues, and rented a house on the outskirts of the capital city to establish their presence.
Afterward, he and his fake wife began to seek a livelihood, eventually taking over a tea stall at the roadside entrance to the city outskirts, thus establishing a joint endeavor.
Li Xuan’s illusory wife acted as a waiter outside, while he stayed inside behind a cloth curtain making tea and stewing some cooked meat and eggs for sale.
This spot saw a lot of traffic, and a serving of tea with an egg cost only four or five coins, and without the egg, just a couple of coins, focusing on small profits and quick returns.
However, the many guests passing by were often tired from travel, upon seeing a tea stall, they would toss a copper coin, drink some tea to quench their thirst and fill their stomachs, leaving quickly, sometimes barely warming the seat before getting up.
Some would stay and chat.
But regardless of whether they stayed long or not, or whether they chatted or not.
Language wasn’t the only means to gather information; there were also the silent "whispers" of traffic flow, attire of passersby, items they carried... These "silent messages" themselves leaked information.
Li Xuan and his illusionary wife continued their stall during the day and only returned to the city at night.
This routine lasted for half a month.
On a certain day after half a month, Li Xuan saw through his illusory wife two Secret Martial Arts practitioners passing by the roadside without stopping and entering the city straight away.
He was very familiar with the aura of Secret Martial Arts practitioners.
But they could not see through his illusion.
That day, more people entered the city in small groups, each group consisting of dozens of people.
From that day on, Li Xuan didn’t return to the city, but stayed outside waiting.
Every midnight, carriages started leaving the city, dumping some bodies at the mass graves.
Li Xuan followed along, infused "Tiger Demon Taisui" demonic blood, turning those fresh corpses into malevolent ghosts, interrogating them for information, and understanding the situation.
The increase in numbers lasted for several days.
Then, again, merchant caravans transported goods into the city.
The goods were quite heavy, the wheel impressions deeply embedded, Li Xuan with his acute senses could faintly hear the clashing of weapons and armor from within the heavily covered goods.
Furthermore, those entering the city, pretending casualness, inadvertently exuded an air of strictness and discipline.
Li Xuan understood... the extermination operation was about to begin.
And the Demon Buddha, was in the city.
