The Buddha Light illuminated all around, with golden radiance spreading wide.
In the Buddha Light, everyone's heart was filled with peace, harmony, and contentnt.
Except for the Giant Corpse!
For it discovered that its connection with the Netherworld was severed, the Buddha Light isolating the passage between the earthly realm and the Netherworld near the Yin-Yang Road.
"This old monk courting death!"
The Giant Corpse forcibly subdued the turmoil in its heart, its form rising three feet taller once again, as it lifted its massive hand to strike down on the old monk's head.
The Giant Corpse's grotesque massive hand was like a door, its aura like a mountain, stirring fierce winds. The old monk before it, with his frail body swayed a little under the gale its hand induced, seed as if he would be crushed into a at patty by that massive hand in one swipe.
Yet...
"Amitabha Buddha!"
The old monk chanted the Buddha's na, gently unclasping his palms put together in prayer, his left hand still maintaining a salutation, while his right hand was slowly extended forward.
An unassuming giant Buddha Light hand extended from his right hand, growing larger with the wind, expanding until it spanned a dozen feet in circumference within monts, colliding head-on with the Giant Corpse's massive hand.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous sound, the Buddha Palm, with a reverse hand, knocked the Giant Corpse onto the ground.
Then, the Buddha Palm suddenly transford into a Golden Banner, encasing the Giant Corpse within it, emanating waves of Buddha Light from the top to the bottom, gradually wearing down the corpse qi of the Giant Corpse contained within.
"Aaargh!" The Giant Corpse roared, attempting to break through the Golden Banner, creating ripples across it, yet failed to affect the overall Golden Banner.
Moreover, the Golden Banner isolated most sound and sight, leaving others to only hear the faint howls from within and the reverberations on the surface, unable to see the details inside.
anwhile, that old monk's hand gestures changed, and the size of the Golden Banner began to slowly shrink from several zhang across.
Two zhang... one zhang...
Five feet... three feet...
Finally, it condensed into a half-foot tall, life-like Golden Banner decoration, returning to the right hand of the old monk, with a dark shadow still charging left and right within.
"Amitabha Buddha!"
...
Lu Zheng couldn't help but gulp, damn, that Giant Corpse with at least a millennium of Dao Practice, subdued with just a single move by this old monk?
How powerful is this old monk? No wonder I've never been able to see through him.
"Many thanks, Master!"
Lu Zheng and Shen Ying descended together, coming before the old monk, bowing in unison.
Yue Honghai, realizing the danger, quietly and silently ca to Lu Zheng's rear.
On the other side, seeing the battle was over, Liu Qingyan with three won paused their steps, then hurried towards them.
Xin Zhanting at this mont was directing his ghost soldiers to tidy the battlefield, also joining with the others.
"Many thanks, Master, for lending your aid, otherwise if this Giant Corpse had caused trouble, Tonglin County might have suffered greatly."
"No, no!"
The old monk finally spoke, a smile appearing on his wrinkle-filled face, "Peach Blossom Fairy's Trapping Array is unparalleled in the world, and this young man's Dao Practice is profound with extraordinary offensive abilities, no matter how capable this Giant Corpse is, it would never have stepped out of the City God Temple.
Moreover, even if the Giant Corpse had escaped this ti, as long as all of you were properly arranged, if he ever dared to return, he would still be unable to escape. This poor monk's intervention was just a fortuitous help at the mont."
Lu Zheng quickly returned the courtesy, saying, "Master, you overpraise, Lu Zheng dares not deserve such honor!"
"Lu Zheng of White Cloud Temple, greets the Master!"
"Peach Blossom Shen Ying, greets the Master!"
"Yue Honghai of East Sea, greets the Master!"
Then Liu Qingyan, pulling Du Yueyao and the three won, also ca up to bow and express thanks.
The old monk smiled in return, "Amitabha Buddha! This poor monk is Dejie of Fahua Temple, greetings to you benefactors."
Fahua Temple!
Located outside Central Capital City, it stands alongside Chixiao Temple as one of the Buddhist Sect's esteed leaders.
Turns out, he is a senior monk from Fahua Temple, no wonder he's so powerful.
Had Lu Zheng visited Fahua Temple and known its current host's Dharma na, he'd have realized the dread at hearing the "De" generation's na.
"Sister! Brother-in-law!"
"Are you alright!"
Elder Liu, accompanied by Liu Qingquan and Ao Qian, also appeared at the City God Temple's entrance, as the two little girls had sneaked out to play post studies, coincidentally encountering the City God Temple battle. Bold and daring, they attempted to sneak in for so excitent, but were caught by Elder Liu who was also there to gather intel. They stayed hidden aside until the battle ended, and only then did they reveal themselves.
"This Master is so formidable!"
"Much more formidable than that Monk Guangyue!"
"Oh?"
Seeing Ao Qian, Zen Master Dejie couldn't help but softly exclaim, then his eyes glared, performing another sense around the periter, revealing a slight smile.
Gently stepping aside, he slightly bowed towards a certain direction, and then smiled at Liu Qingquan, saying, "Old monk must have cultivated a few more years than that Guangyue monk, right? Just like your sister is more formidable than you, isn't she?"
Liu Qingquan rolled her eyes, "This isn't sothing that can be matched just by cultivating a few more years, I'm not a child, you know!"
"This battle relied much on the Master's help. Now, since it's 5 p.m., may I invite the Master to move, allowing us juniors to prepare a vegetarian al." Lu Zheng said.
Zen Master Dejie nodded his head, and then shook it, saying, "Another fellow Daoist has arrived."
"Amitabha Buddha!"
Three chants of Buddha's na rang out as three young monks appeared within the City God Temple.
"Weitu (Shang Kun, Hong Jue) of Great Glazed Temple (Great Dragon Temple, Rashamon Temple) greets the Master!"
"Amitabha Buddha!"
Again, three chants of Buddha's na rang, as another three monks appeared together.
"Huinan (Wuxin, Zong Ai) of Great Glazed Temple (Great Dragon Temple, Rashamon Temple) greets the Master!"
Goodness gracious, is this a grand gathering of the Buddhist Sect?
Lu Zheng had been here for quite a few years but had never seen so many monks gathered together.
"We saw the Master's Buddha Light radiating over Tonglin County earlier, subduing demons and exorcising evil; we refrained from intruding, hoping for your pardon."
The highest-aged monk from Great Glazed Temple, Huinan said, "Zen Master Dejie's magical power is boundless, truly opening our eyes."
All were all traveling from afar to the Central Plains, much toil," Dejie replied with a gift.
"No toil! The Central Plains, filled with talented people and places of wonder, truly makes us envious!" Rashamon Temple's Zong Ai fairly hotly eyed Lu Zheng.
He had previously protected Hong Jue under invisibility, and at Jiming Temple had t Lu Zheng. Although he sensed Lu Zheng's strength at the ti, he hadn't realized the depth of his cultivation at such a young age and his formidable combat prowess, especially given his affiliation with White Cloud Temple and dual Thunder Technique practice.
Lu Zheng stepped forward, offering a salutation gesture, "Lu Zheng of White Cloud Temple, greets the Masters!"
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Lu!"
Though Lu Zheng's seniority wasn't high, his millennium-long cultivation, while still distant from zen masters like Dejie and less than Huinan and others, still afforded him enough stature to uphold the face of the Central Plains Daoist Sect amidst the gathering.
Therefore, Huinan and the others pooled their palms together in a gesture of ample courtesy.
Yet...
"Oh?"
The monk Wuxin from the Great Dragon Temple raised his head, seemingly discovering sothing, eyes intently fixed on Ao Qian among the crowd, visibly stirred.
"I hadn't noticed before, astonished to find a Pure-blood True Dragon here?"
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