"Chu Xi, how are you?" Sopa jogged over and crouched beside him.
Yang Xiao, who wasn’t even afraid of being tortured to death by those monks, panicked the mont he saw Sopa, "Why are you still here?"
"After Hafeez and I ca ashore, we didn’t see anyone. I pretended to go to the teleportation point but actually hid to wait for you. Sure enough, Adila was hiding nearby." ntioning Adila made Sopa a bit afraid too; she only dared to co out after confirming Adila had left.
Hearing footsteps in the forest, Yang Xiao forcefully urged Sopa to run without caring about him; he couldn’t escape like this anyway.
But Sopa was stubborn; she helped Yang Xiao up, and the two limped towards the forest. In desperation, Yang Xiao directly pushed her over, himself falling to the ground as well.
"Run, or we’ll both die here!" Yang Xiao was utterly desperate at this mont, "Your brother has already died twice for you, and I promised him I’d protect you!"
But as Yang Xiao said, it was too late to run now; the footsteps in the forest had already reached them.
Seeing who had co, Yang Xiao gave up all hope; it was indeed those monks from the Holy Temple, with Patuo Monk leading them, dressed in resplendent monk robes, clearly coming to deliver them.
"Patuo, if you’re a man, let her go, and have a one-on-one with !" Even lying on the ground, Yang Xiao’s tone was still firm; begging for rcy was futile, and he wanted to die with so dignity.
"Your hypocritical temple is truly filthy, what kind of High Monk, six heartless bastards, you’ve really disgraced the Buddhist Temple."
After Yang Xiao finished his tirade, Patuo Monk finally pressed his hands together slowly and spoke, "You are right, our temple has committed too many sins. Today’s outco is self-inflicted, karma."
This one sentence completely silenced Yang Xiao’s next words and amazed Sopa beside him.
The roars from the direction of the town were getting closer and closer. Patuo Monk glanced in that direction and urged, "Don’t speak now, I’ll send you away."
With Patuo Monk’s signal, the other monks lifted Yang Xiao and rushed up the hill. A fat monk voluntarily squatted down to carry Sopa.
Initially, Yang Xiao thought these monks were up to so trick until he was brought to a cave behind the hill, where the entrance was a teleportation portal.
"Are you... really going to let us go?" As the monks gently set him down, Yang Xiao was stunned. He didn’t understand, "Aren’t you afraid we’ll reveal the filthy secret of the temple?"
"I’m not afraid. Justice exists in this world. The masters did wrong, and I’ll bear this evil consequence. From today on, there will be no Holy Temple, nor Patuo."
At this point, Patuo Monk pressed his hands together, sat cross-legged on the ground, while the other monks followed suit, sitting cross-legged behind him, chanting scriptures in unison.
This scene greatly shocked Yang Xiao, as the divine expression that once appeared only on Patuo Monk’s face manifested on every monk’s face.
anwhile, the townspeople had arrived, and they could no longer be called human. Their once "favors" revoked, many were missing limbs and worse, their bodies covered in grueso wounds, hideous pus, and tumors.
Indeed, they were suffering backlash, sicker than before.
These people were holding various weapons, mostly simple farm tools like sickles, shouting curses, calling the temple monks frauds who deserved to die, seeking revenge.
In the final monts, Sopa dragged Yang Xiao as they stumbled into the cave entrance, escaping.
In the final glance at the world, Yang Xiao clearly saw Sopa and more than ten monks being overwheld by the swarm of people.
Until the end, those monks continued to chant with their eyes closed, none fleeing.
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