The grey haze passed through the sea of trees. Billions of leaves turned yellow and withered. When the wind blew, they danced in the sky like a heavy snowstorm, displaying its final splendor.
The gaping mouth of a hungry ghost impatiently devoured the land of the nine prefectures. The mushroom cloud that soared into the sky had yet to disperse when the Left Master's command was still echoing between heaven and earth, "You must find her … find her …"
Deep under the ground, in the crisscrossing underground maze, she walked with difficulty. One of her eyes was deep and ethereal, while the other was burning with bone fire. Her body was half-alive and half-dead, like a pillar that had been stripped of its vermilion color. Her bones were ferocious and full of cracks.
A strange voice said, "Give up. You won't be able to survive this, my dear master."
It was persuasive and full of twisted malice. The Abandoned Immortal Sword would not be loyal to any master.
She turned a deaf ear to it and walked forward, trying not to leave any traces.
"Even if you don't emit any aura and can hide underground, there are more than twenty bald donkeys. They are more than enough to search this land from top to bottom. How can you escape with your current appearance?"
Rumble!
The aftermath of the explosion spread underground, triggering countless earthquakes. It might take years for it to completely disappear.
The cave trembled. Rocks fell like rain, ready to collapse at any moment. Lava gushed out from the cracks, and the world seemed to be shaking.
"Even if you can escape, Li Qingshan will not come back!"
"Shut up." Flames flashed in her eye sockets. The Skull Prayer Beads tightly wrapped around the Abandoned Immortal Sword and clashed.
"If you do that, you will definitely attract those bald donkeys."
The Abandoned Immortal Sword trembled slightly. But it could not break free from the claws of the Skeleton Demons. After all, it needed her power as the source. Moreover, it had been damaged in the fierce battle Just Now.
She summoned the broken Blood Sea Banner and wrapped the Abandoned Immortal Sword in it. She said calmly, "If you come out, we will fight to the death."
Then, the flames in her eye sockets dimmed, and she fell forward.
The Skeleton Demons surrounded her and made strange noises, but they could not wake her up. Her injuries were too serious.
The Abandoned Immortal Sword fell into the Blood Sea. The sword light shone and trembled, knowing that she was in an unprecedented state of weakness. It was the best time to counterattack.
More than twenty Monk Kings went underground. With the Left Imperial Advisor as the core. They formed a great formation that covered a thousand li. It was like a huge net.
Each Monk King was like a node, constantly shining with buddhist light, not letting go of a single inch of land. They were rapidly approaching her.
The Corpse Kings and Ghost Kings were also closing in. Every single one of them was filled with greed, wanting to use her life to exchange for the favor of the Hungry Ghost realm. Emperor Li had made a grave mistake, and he dared not stop them again.
This was a hunt. Although there was a lot of risk involved, greed made them ignore everything.
For a time, she was besieged both internally and externally, but she had lost all power to resist. All that was left was her obsession.
The Skeleton Demons stopped screaming and carried her broken body towards the north. Before the Monk Kings could retract their nets, they had to get far away from the mouths of hungry ghosts.
Within the sea of blood, the humming of the sword subsided. The Forsaken Immortal Sword Spirit had chosen to give up.
"If I go out and devour her now, wouldn't I be too stupid if I were to unfortunately fall into the hands of those bald donkeys?"
He was unwilling to admit that he deeply feared her.
She had always been a "monster" that could strike fear into the living, the dead, or even all self-aware existences, which was why he was in such a hurry to destroy her.
A while later, the Monk Kings returned to the surface and gathered beside the Left Imperial Advisor.
"Imperial Advisor, the Enemy of Buddha has probably already left this region. The Enemy of Buddha is skilled at hiding her aura, so it's truly difficult to find her. Should we ask the Imperial Astronomer to help us find her?"
The Imperial Astronomer was skilled at divining the heavenly secrets and investigating fate. The head of the Imperial Astronomer was the leader of the school of Yin-yang.
"The Enemy of Buddha is a monster that's neither alive nor dead. Capturing her through the heavenly secrets and fate probably won't be easy!"
"Why don't we try? We can't just let her go like this."
The Monk Kings discussed among themselves. The Left Imperial Advisor listened in silence before suddenly asking, "Dauntless, do you have any clues?"
The Dauntless monk was stern. He said nothing the entire time. With that, he brought his palms together and bowed. "No, Imperial Advisor."
Although he knew she was the Enemy of Buddha, his grievances with the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga could not be explained in a few words. Coupled with how he was currently thinking about how to save the Unraging monk, he really did not have any. However, if he really did have any clues, he definitely would not hide it.
The Left Imperial Advisor frowned. Right now, the Imperial Astronomer was dealing with something major, so it was impossible for them to split their attention to help him search for her. This matter was extremely important. Even the invasion of the Hungry Ghost realm had to wait, let alone a measly Enemy of Buddha.
As a result, he led the Monk Kings to expand the search area, searching in all directions. They expanded the search area to a radius of ten thousand kilometers, but they still found nothing.
The Left Imperial Advisor said, "The Enemy of Buddha is heavily injured, so she must find a place to heal. Who does she trust the most?"
The Dauntless monk said, "Li Qingshan. Probably only Li Qingshan."
"It's that wretched daemon who fought against the crown prince of Si Qing, the Unraging's good disciple. Where is that wretched daemon right now? "
"I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"Ever since her battle against the King of Feathermen, Bai Chen, she vanished. Perhaps she's no longer in this world."
"I remember that the wretched daemon and the Enemy of Buddha have a dwelling in the Chain mountains within the Ruyi commandery of the Green province," the Left Imperial Advisor said in thought. In order to hunt down and kill the Enemy of Buddha, he had made sufficient preparations.
"However, that's only a small mountain. Its spiritual qi is weak, so it's been abandoned a long time ago. It's nowhere near enough to defend against her."
The Dauntless monk understood the geography of the Green province. Let alone a small mountain, even the entire Chain mountains were not a particularly good place for cultivation. In the past, all the famed mountains and great rivers had been occupied by sects of various sizes, which was why cultivators established dwellings there. Now that the Green province had suffered repeated disasters, many mountains and rivers had been emptied out. It had been a long time since cultivators went there.
And, it was not like she was an idiot. Instead, she was the cultivator with the greatest ability for comprehension he had ever seen, so why would she remain in such an obvious place?
It was exactly because the Left Imperial Advisor knew this that he did not rush off to the Chain mountains immediately. The other Monk Kings also found it impossible.
"Perhaps the Banyan Tree King is protecting her, or maybe it's the City Amongst the Clouds." "She might still be deep underground, hiding in the flames of the earth. The interference from the underground magnetic field is too great, so we can't find her."
The Left Imperial Advisor said, "The Enemy of Buddha cannot tolerate all living beings. She won't believe these people, and it's even more impossible for her to remain deep underground in her current state." He made up his mind. "Let's go to the Chain mountains!"
Home — — Wasn't it the safest place for people? It was the only place where they could find comfort after suffering all the pain in the outside world.
Among the undulating mountains, this lonely little peak seemed so ordinary.
However, the three words "Qing Xiao's Home" on the stone wall retained an unforgettable memory. This was their home. Floating Astronomy.
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