Since they knew that Kṣitigarbha would be resting in the government office of Jinhua County today, Ye Xuan and Zhiqiu did not stay any longer. Instead, they returned to the inn to make the final preparations.
The day passed quickly while the two of them were making preparations.
The next morning, Ye Xuan and Zhiqiu got up early. After having breakfast with Ning Caichen, Ye Xuan and Zhiqiu left Ning Caichen alone in the inn, while they walked out of the inn towards the direction of the county government office.
When they arrived at the government office, they found that Kṣitigarbha had not left yet. So, they found a nearby restaurant with a good view and drank while waiting for him.
Kṣitigarbha did not make them wait for long. After they drank a pot of wine, they saw Kṣitigarbha's guard of honor coming out of the government office.
"Let's go!" Throwing a piece of silver on the table, Ye Xuan signaled to Zhiqiu. Then, the two of them left the restaurant and followed Kṣitigarbha from a distance.
"Strange!" After following Kṣitigarbha's guard of honor for more than two hours, Zhiqiu looked at the group in front of them and asked in puzzlement, "Senior, do you think they are in a hurry? Why are they walking so fast? Could it be that they have discovered us? "
"It doesn't look like it!" Hearing Zhiqiu's words, Ye Xuan's eyes flickered. He shook his head and said, "I think Kṣitigarbha must have predicted that there will be a lunar eclipse tonight, which will affect his cultivation. So, he wants to find a safe place to spend the night."
"Then, where will he be?" Zhiqiu also felt that what Ye Xuan said was right, so he asked in surprise.
"It is said that the current emperor has ordered the construction of the Great Hall of Mercy in various places for Kṣitigarbha to help the people. So, if I'm not mistaken, Kṣitigarbha should be rushing to the Great Hall of Mercy nearby," Ye Xuan said as they walked.
"That should be the case. Senior, you are indeed brilliant. I admire you!" After listening to Ye Xuan's speculation, Zhiqiu said in admiration. "Alright, don't talk anymore.
Ye Xuan shook his head and said to Zhiqiu, "Alright, stop talking. Kṣitigarbha is an old monster with thousands of years of cultivation. His monster energy is unfathomable. We'd better be careful!"
"Yes, Senior!" Zhiqiu Yiye also nodded and did not say anything else. Instead, he and Ye Xuan quietly followed behind the Pudu Merciful Sailor.
Ye Xuan was right. Sure enough, Pudu Cihang was anxious to get to the nearby Cihang Grand Hall. After traveling for a day, they had traveled more than three hundred miles and arrived at Qingping County, which was near Jinhua County.
If it was an ordinary person, it would be impressive if they could walk 70 to 80 miles in a day. However, Pudu Cihang's team had actually walked more than 300 miles in a day. It could be imagined that the members of this team were not ordinary people.
Unlike the original plot, Kṣitigarbha had interfered with Ye Xuan. Kṣitigarbha never met Fu Qingfeng and the others again. He didn't know if Fu Qingfeng and the others had rescued his father, Fu Tianchou, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, or if they had been killed by the guards.
Of course, none of this had anything to do with Ye Xuan. If he wanted to save Fu Tianchou, it would be as easy as lifting a finger. But he was not the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, who would save anyone he saw in trouble. If that was the case, he would have died of exhaustion.
His only goal now was to kill Kṣitigarbha. He couldn't care about other things for the time being.
However … Instead of dealing with Zhiqiu and the others as they had in the original plot, Kṣitigarbha didn't return to the great temple late at night. Instead, the sun hadn't set yet.
"Senior, what should we do? The old demon has gone in. Should we rush in?" Seeing that the door of the great temple was tightly shut, Ye Xuan and Zhiqiu walked out from behind a big tree on a mountain a few miles away. Zhiqiu looked at Ye Xuan and asked.
"No!" Ye Xuan shook his head and looked at the sun that was still hanging in the sky. "The timing isn't right. Since we've been waiting for so long, why should we be in a hurry? Although it's almost five to seven o 'clock in the afternoon, the moon hasn't risen yet, and the lunar eclipse hasn't begun. Remember, we only have one chance."
"Yes, Senior, I'll remember that!" Zhiqiu said.
After that, Ye Xuan and Zhiqiu each found a more secluded place to sit down and wait for the time to come.
Time passed by unhurriedly. The sun that was hanging in the sky gradually set. The sky gradually darkened, and a bright moon gradually rose.
"Let's go. It's almost time." Looking at the bright moon shining brightly in the sky, Ye Xuan opened his eyes and ran toward the Great Temple of Compassion.
The two of them ran toward the Great Temple of Compassion together. With their cultivation, it didn't take them long to cover the distance of a few miles.
The wall that was six feet tall naturally couldn't stop them. With a movement technique, they easily jumped over the wall.
"Wow, what's going on? Why are there so many people?" After jumping into the Great Temple of Compassion, they saw hundreds of civil and military officials sitting in the great temple. Zhiqiu was so shocked that he almost screamed. He thought that Kṣitigarbha Cihang had discovered them and was waiting for them with his people.
"Don't be afraid. Go and take a look at those people!" Ye Xuan naturally knew the truth. When he saw Zhiqiu's shocked expression, he said to him, "Don't be afraid. Go and take a look at those people!"
Zhiqiu Yiye was taken aback when he heard Ye Xuan's words. Then, he dashed toward the nearest official and opened his body. What he saw shocked him even more. There was a large hole in the back of the official. His internal organs and flesh had all disappeared. All that was left was an empty shell.
It wasn't that Zhiqiu had never seen a dead person before, but when he thought about how so many people here were all dead, and how they were all officials from the Court, he couldn't help but be shocked.
"Could it be that the entire court has fallen into chaos and the common people are in dire straits? So it turns out that all of the civil and military officials have long since been eaten by this old monster?" Zhiqiu frowned. "This old monster … deserves to be killed!"
"Alright, Zhiqiu, we're here to kill it. The Lunar Eclipse has begun! " Ye Xuan comforted Zhiqiu, then looked up at the sky. He saw that the round moon that was originally hanging in the sky like a disk was gradually forming a shadow. As the shadow expanded, the bright moonlight gradually faded, and the shadow began to cover the entire land.
"Come, let's go and slay the demon!"
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