Qin Mu, Old Ma, and the rest increased their speed, but Old Ma had to suppress Madam Si's mind, so he found it more and more strenuous, so he gradually slowed down.
Cult Master Li grew rapidly, and Madam Si's cultivation also became stronger and stronger. Old Ma didn't dare to use his full strength for fear of injuring Madam Si's spirit, which would instead bring many unstable variables to their journey.
The number of times Madam Si woke up became less and less, while the number of times Cult Master Li woke up gradually increased. Qin Mu was also burning with anxiety, but he had the heart to do anything, but he was powerless.
This basin was originally an ocean, so it should be the eastern sea that the heavenly king's statue had mentioned. The terrain was also incomparably complicated, with deep ravines and natural moats that were tens of thousands of yards long, and lofty mountains that were as sharp as blades.
The eastern sea had turned into land, and the seawater had already disappeared. There was no longer any seawater. However, Qin Mu felt that it was slightly strange. He had heard the villagers say that the sea would float in the air at night, and the seawater would fill the air, but there was no trace of it during the day.
In that case, where did the seawater go?
The deeper they went, the weirder and stronger the lifeforms became. There were even glowing jellyfish flying around in the sky, and when night fell, they would hide in the temples, looking like colorful lanterns.
They even met living flood dragons, some of which lived in deep creeks and some in volcanoes, ruling over the land.
As long as they didn't provoke them, the flood dragons would rarely come out. Occasionally, Qin Mu would see flood dragons flying out of their lairs to catch people to eat. When they saw them on the way, the flood dragons could tell that they were very strong, so they didn't dare to be impudent and just flew past them.
After walking out of this basin, they were only two days away from Mount Meru.
For the past few days, Qin Mu and the rest didn't even dare to relax when they were sleeping. They were always ready to wake up to suppress Cult Master Li, so it was truly tiring. Only the Dragon Unicorn slept well and ate well, its fur and scales were shiny and shiny.
Qin Mu and the rest simply jumped onto the Dragon Unicorn's back, letting the huge creature carry them to Mount Meru.
Gradually, the number of people who believed in Buddhism increased, and every household worshiped Buddha statues. Some even placed them together with the stone statues in the village, worshiping both God and Buddha.
Qin Mu asked around and found out that some monks had come to preach scriptures and treat the villagers' illnesses. Because of this, they were very popular.
"Buddhism is also interested in the Great Ruins."
Blind smiled. "Great Thunderclap Monastery saving the abandoned people of Great Ruins does seem to have the meaning of equality for all living things. However, this might be a cheap trick, borrowing the name of the stone statue to accumulate merit."
The closer they got to Great Thunderclap Monastery, the more Buddhist temples there were. Some of the temples were flourishing with incense and worshiped different Buddha statues. However, at night, the people and strange beasts of Great Ruins wouldn't hide in these temples. They would still hide in places with stone statues and god statues.
Qin Mu thought to himself, 'Rulai has put in a lot of effort, but it's still hard for him to contend against the gods of Great Ruins. He can only treat illnesses and not save lives.'
The number of mountain peaks in the vicinity gradually increased. Monasteries of all sizes stood in great numbers. Qin Mu and the others passed by a few monasteries. It was already late, so they decided to stay at one of the monasteries for the night.
The temple was filled with incense and there were hundreds of monks. Even at night, they were not afraid at all. They were still chanting Buddhist scriptures.
"Could these monks have great divine arts that can defend against the darkness of Great Ruins?" Qin Mu was astonished.
Unexpectedly, numerous Buddha statues gave off faint divine light in the night, blocking the darkness outside. Qin Mu moved closer to a Buddha statue to examine it, and his face couldn't help turning black.
The monks in the temple had actually painted a layer of clay on the stone statue of Great Ruins and baked it into the shape of a Buddha statue. They then pasted gold leaf on the outside, dressing it up as a golden Buddha. At night, the stone statue would protect an area, and it looked like the Buddha statues were displaying their might to protect all living things.
Qin Mu used his Third Eye to look over, and what he saw were the tens of thousands of divine light emitted by the gods protecting Great Ruins. It wasn't the Buddha light of the Buddha statues.
There were also some abnormally ferocious strange beasts in the temple that never left during the day. The monks in the temple seemed to be used to it, and these strange beasts weren't chained up, allowing them to roam freely in the temple.
What was astonishing was that these man-eating strange beasts were very docile in the temple. They also looked like they were eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha, changing their ferocious nature. Some of the people of Great Ruins who had taken shelter here said that this was the power of Buddhism.
However, Qin Mu saw the monks secretly feeding the strange beasts large pieces of flesh, and there was even an anesthetic smell in the meat.
Qin Mu was stunned, and he frowned.
"Mu 'er, don't care too much," Blind whispered.
"Great Thunderclap Monastery is very close, and if we smash the temples here, they will only receive the news and make things difficult for us. They might not save Madam Si."
"Hypocrites!"
Madam Si sneered. "This is the hypocrisy of Buddhism. They clearly don't have any great divine arts, yet they claim the divine arts of others as their own, bragging that it's the power of Buddhism. Blind, Old Ma, you guys are also hypocrites. You have Old Rulai to ask for his help, so you don't dare to expose the tricks of these bald donkeys! "
Qin Mu said, "Won't Cult Master Li know if there's any great divine arts when we meet Old Rulai in Great Thunderclap Monastery?"
Madam Si chuckled. "Cult Master Qin, are you even worthy to be the sacred cult master of my sacred cult? You are the cult master of my Heavenly Saint Cult, yet you went to ask Old Rulai of an enemy sect for help. You have disgraced the prestige of my Heavenly Saint Cult! The prestige of my Heavenly Saint Cult has been ruined by you! When I completely recover, I will return to the sacred cult and reorganize it. I will let you see what a sacred cult master should do! "
Qin Mu didn't bat an eyelid. "What should the sacred cult master do?"
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