Chapter 596: Chapter 186: Monk? Evil Monk! The So-Called Instant Enlightenment! (10,000-word Mega Chapter, Please Subscribe)_6
Gusts of night wind occasionally blew past, brushing against everyone’s hair or beards. The rustling of tree leaves added an air of solemnity to the atmosphere.
The candlelight in the lantern near their feet seemed to flicker precariously, close to extinguishing. Hui Mu’s smile did not reach his eyes as he said, "What are you talking about, Donor? This humble monk is having some trouble understanding."
"Is that so?" Yun Jiuqing smiled and said, "How about I notify the imperial inspectors nearby and have them come and check what trickery you’re up to? If you have no trickery, then you shouldn’t be afraid of a little inspection by the imperial inspectors, right?"
"..." The two old monks fell into silence. If they could withstand the scrutiny of the imperial inspectors, why would they choose to conduct such shady activities in the dead of night?
This affair had been going on for three years, though they had done much to hide evidence or erase traces.
They could not guarantee that they had managed to conceal every clue.
Longhe Temple could not withstand an investigation by the imperial inspectors.
What if something were to be discovered?
Even if the "Ceremony of Enlightenment" they conducted was not uncovered, what if other misdeeds were found? After all, there were many other unsavory matters at Longhe Temple aside from that one!
To have any of them exposed,
would do them no good.
Indeed.
The intentions of these visitors were not kind! And... the Spiritual Pearl Monk of Longhe Temple turned out to be a turncoat.
Now he had returned alone, and the bloodstains on his body suggested that the other monks had all died, leaving only him!
"There’s no need to pretend anymore, Mages," Xing Fengzi also spoke up, though his tone was gentler than Yun Jiuqing’s, "This monk from Longhe Temple has already confessed everything you have done."
"If I am not mistaken, the two of you are blocking the temple entrance to conceal something, aren’t you? Is there something inside the temple now that you don’t want us to see?"
"..." The two old monks of Longhe Temple did not know what to say at that moment.
Their gazes landed on the Spiritual Pearl Monk.
Feeling their stares, the Spiritual Pearl Monk shrank his neck.
With a mournful face, he pleaded, "Abbot, Master, I didn’t want to... They forced me to speak. If I didn’t divulge these matters, I might have died! I... your disciple, I want to live a while longer."
"Even if it’s just the time of one incense stick, I want to live longer. I don’t want to die so quickly, I don’t want to die at all!"
"Scoundrel! Beast!" Hui Mu’s face had darkened completely, and he said through clenched teeth, "I regret ever taking you into Longhe Temple as my disciple!"
It was certainly unpleasant to be backstabbed by one’s own disciple.
With a dark expression, Hui Mu glared at Fan Wu and the others, "You are very clever to have noticed something amiss here. But you are also foolish, just three people daring to break into Longhe Temple."
"You have no idea what you’re facing! Since you don’t appreciate kindness, don’t even think about leaving this mountain alive today—you’ll become the nutrients for the flowers and plants to thrive in these woods!"
Hui Mu’s words ruthlessly exposed the truth, and also implicitly admitted that there were indeed a number of questionable things in Longhe Temple.
"Amitabha!"
Suddenly, a voice came from behind Fan Wu and the others.
Yun Jiuqing and Xing Fengzi quickly turned around to see a portly monk standing not far behind them.
The fat monk’s face held an unkind expression: "I am Hui Er from Longhe Temple, the disciple to Abbot Hui Gen and the junior to Mage Hui Mu."
The third monk!
In a moment of distraction, it seemed that other noises arose, and Yun Jiuqing and Xing Fengzi turned their gazes in different directions.
On the left, atop a treetop, stood a gaunt monk. On the right, seated on a massive rock, was a blind monk.
The fourth!
The fifth!
Xing Fengzi’s expression grew increasingly grave as he said to Daoist Fan Wu at his side, "If I’m not mistaken, these individuals should be all the cultivators of Longhe Temple. The Spiritual Pearl Monk said that Longhe Temple wouldn’t have more than five cultivators, these five must be all of them."
[Abbot Hui Gen of Longhe Temple——Life: 1919——Power: 19——Technique: ...]
[Longhe Temple’s Mage Hui Mu——Life: 1500——Power: 14——Technique: ...]
[Longhe Temple Hui Er Monk—Life...]
[Longhe Temple Hui Kou Monk...]
[Longhe Temple Hui Bi Monk...]
In Fan Wu’s eyes, the attribute information of these monks was laid bare.
Their Life attributes were exaggeratedly high, and having Life attributes in the thousands with Power attributes not even reaching 20 points indicated that their so-called ritual of becoming a Buddha had some substance to it.
All five monks had names starting with "Hui," which meant they should be brothers of the same generation, and moreover, five very weak brothers.
Yes.
In Fan Wu’s eyes, no matter how high each of their Life attributes was, their Power attributes were ultimately ridiculously low.
All their Power attributes didn’t even break 20 points, with the lowest monk having a Power attribute of only 10.5!
If this is not considered weak...
Then who else is weaker?
Just as this thought flashed through Fan Wu’s mind, he suddenly had a perception and looked over at Xing Fengzi and Yun Jiuqing, because he remembered that these two seemed to be even weaker than the monks.
Xing Fengzi still fared better, barely having a Power attribute of 12 points, which allowed him to barely hold his own against the weakest among them.
Yun Jiuqing, although improved since the beginning, still couldn’t beat the weakest monk.
After his gaze swept over everyone present,
Fan Wu smiled and said, "It seems they are reluctant to let us go in and have a look."
Just as Fan Wu’s words fell, a thunderous shout erupted from behind him: "Die!!!"
And behold.
The corpulent Hui Er Monk blocking their retreat, at that moment, took the initiative to attack!
The fat body of Hui Er Monk surprisingly burst forth with astonishing speed.
In the rush, even Xing Fengzi didn’t manage to react in time.
But Hui Er Monk’s attack wasn’t aimed at Xing Fengzi.
Nor was it aimed at Yun Jiuqing.
His deadly move was heading straight for Fan Wu! Because in Hui Er Monk’s eyes, Fan Wu was the most peculiar one and very likely also the most dangerous among them.
If he could ambush and take down the most dangerous one in an instant,
Then the remaining two,
And that traitor, Spiritual Pearl,
Wouldn’t be worth mentioning!
When Hui Er Monk was already almost upon Fan Wu from behind, he found that Fan Wu seemed to be completely unaware. This filled him with great joy and contempt: ’This monk thought he was facing some formidable freak, but it turns out he’s just a nobody trying to swagger around!
His palm had already slammed into Fan Wu’s back, and he was confident that this full-force palm strike could kill a living person on the spot.
Bang!!!
Crack!
A crisp sound of bone breaking came from Hui Er Monk’s palm as his whole hand twisted and deformed in a bizarre manner.
His expression changed drastically.
What?!??
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