The blood-stained podao was polished until it shone brightly. Because of its dark color, it was not like snow, but like smooth stone. Ning Que sheathed his podao and looked out the window at the scenery of the Wilderness that was rapidly passing by.
With the terrifying speed of the black horse carriage, he could have escaped directly and the old ascetic monk would not have been able to stop him. However, the old monk could have alerted the Xuankong Temple, so he chose to attack.
Just as he had said, the old ascetic monk was definitely not an ordinary person in the Xuankong Temple. Especially the palm that glowed with golden light, it was obviously a powerful skill of Buddhism. Its true power was definitely stronger than what he had shown in the battle.
However, the old monk had been practicing Buddhism in the Xuankong Temple for many years. His Dharma was profound and his state was exquisite, but he did not seem to have experienced a real battle. He did not expect Ning Que to suddenly attack while they were still talking. Moreover, he had used his three most powerful skills at once. The old monk was caught off guard and died.
Thinking back to the violent battle that had ended in a flash, Ning Que felt that Ye Hongyu was right. The cultivators in this world only knew how to cultivate and not how to fight.
The wind rushed in through the small gap in the window, making a mournful whine. The Big Black Horse dragged the carriage forward in the Wilderness at a high speed, heading southeast according to the direction Ning Que had pointed out.
Looking at the Wilderness outside the window, Ning Que silently calculated the distance and the results of his previous calculations. He knocked on the hard carriage board and signaled for the Big Black Horse to stop. Then, he jumped off the carriage and walked into the depths of the Wilderness.
After some time, he walked back with a black iron arrow in his hand. The arrowhead was still stained with dried blood. It was the iron arrow that had injured the old ascetic monk.
In the Lanke Temple, he had used up a few of the 13 iron arrows in his quiver. Now that he was in the depths of the Wilderness, he could face fatal danger at any time. Every iron arrow was extremely important to him.
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Hidden in the huge sinkhole under the ground, clouds and mist still lingered. The yellow temples between the giant peaks were faintly discernible. It was so quiet and peaceful. Suddenly, an indifferent and distant Buddhist name was heard from one of the temples.
After a while, dozens of ascetic monks in crimson robes climbed to the ground along the steep stone path between the cliffs. Their faces were expressionless and they looked like stones.
The leading monk wore a different robe. He was the president of the Hall of Respect of Xuankong Temple, Qi Mei. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the desolate Wilderness in front of him, frowning slightly.
The chanting of Buddha in Xuankong Temple came from the Chief Monk of Scripture, who had the highest status in Xuankong Temple. The Chief Monk of Scripture was slightly disturbed and ordered the soldier monks of the Hall of Venerable Ones to search the depths of the Wilderness. Even though Qi Mei was the Chief Monk of the Hall of Venerable Ones, he had to show up in person, and he knew why the Chief Monk of Scripture was disturbed.
The Chief Preaching Monk of the Xuankong Temple had been sentenced by the Commandment Hall to cultivate in the Wilderness three years ago because he had violated the Buddhist precepts and was burdened by his worthless illegitimate son. Today, the Chief Preaching Monk should have returned to the Xuankong Temple. However, no one had seen the Chief Preaching Monk.
Qi Mei led the ascetic monk soldiers and followed the senses of the Chief Preaching Monk into the depths of the Wilderness. They walked until the evening. When the twilight was as red as blood, they finally saw the pile of ashes.
The wind in the Wilderness was strong, but the ashes were not completely extinguished because there were a few pieces of bone that could not be completely incinerated by any kind of fire.
Looking at the colorful bones in his hand, Qi Mei was silent. The ascetic monk soldiers in red robes looked sorrowful. They sat cross-legged around the ashes and began to chant the Reincarnation Scripture with respect and sincerity.
Qi Mei handed the bones to a monk for safekeeping with a solemn expression. Then, he knelt in front of the ashes and reached into the ashes. He began to search silently and quietly. His fingers, which were like stone branches, moved slowly in the ashes of the Chief Preaching Monk like a sieve and did not miss any place.
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The remains of the preaching monk were burned through by the talisman fire. Other than a few bone particles, the rest had turned into fine white ash. Qi Mei should not have found anything, but as his fingers moved, his expression became more and more serious. This was because his fingertips could feel a majestic Great Spirit in the ash.
Qi Mei stood up and suddenly walked back the way he came. Only then did he remember that when he passed by the Bodhi tree, he felt that the tree seemed to be a little different from the one he had seen every day for decades.
He walked to the Bodhi tree and looked at the line of small words engraved on the gray bark. His expression became colder and colder, and the angry Wisdom King's Flame in his eyes became brighter.
"In the 16th year of the Tianqi era, Ning Que of the Academy came here with his wife, Daughter of Yama."
Why was it 16 years? Qi Mei was slightly puzzled. He brushed the ground with his monk's sleeves. The gravel on the surface of the Wilderness rolled and a very shallow rut appeared.
He followed the rut for dozens of feet, and then the faint traces of the rut completely disappeared on the ground of the Wilderness. He looked up into the distance and guessed where the black horse carriage was heading.
The night was approaching. The world in the Giant Sinkhole had already entered a long night in advance. The last sunset could still be seen in the yellow temple at the highest point between the giant peaks. A distant bell rang from the temple and gradually spread to the bottom of the mountain. Countless yellow temples rang the bell at the same time.
The bell of the Xuankong Temple left the quiet underground world and came to the desolate ground. Then, it spread in all directions. It would not take many days for the whole world to know that the Daughter of Yama was still alive and that she was fleeing in the Western Wilderness with Ning Que of the Academy.
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In the depths of the Wilderness, a black horse carriage stopped beside a well that had been abandoned for thousands of years. A moment later, Ning Que came out from the depths of the well with a full water bag in his hand. No one knew how he managed to find water in the well that had been abandoned for many years.
The night was always cold. In order to avoid exposing himself, Ning Que did not make a bonfire. Instead, he put a few pieces of fire talismans in the copper basin in the carriage to keep warm. This method was too extravagant. Even if he had abundant Psyche Power, he still had to calculate the consumption of talismans to ensure that he and Sangsang could walk out of the Wilderness.
Ning Que simply ate some dry food with cold water and began to cook porridge for Sangsang. While waiting for the water to boil, he used the time to sort out his equipment. Since the road ahead was difficult, equipment was naturally the most important thing.
He was the most hardworking person. These years, he had stored a lot of talismans. However, at the beginning, his state was relatively low, so the talismans he wrote could not be used in the battle of his current state. There were only about 20 pieces of talismans that could be used in battle, and there were not many iron arrows left in the arrow box.
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