Above the Great Dao -
Chapter 339 - 171: Great Demon Like a Dream_2
Chapter 339: Chapter 171: Great Demon Like a Dream_2
He flew above the giant Buddha and looked down from its neck only to see that the Buddha’s body had been thoroughly consumed by fungal filaments as nutrients, leaving only Zen Master Ku’s skin!
The musician in green flicked his fingers, and with a ringing sound, a note resonated. The golden statue of the Buddha was immediately sent flying, revealing the ground beneath it teeming with fungal filaments. These filaments burrowed into the earth, forming a tunnel!
The tunnel led straight to the depths of the earth, where wind howled through, bringing a hint of coolness.
The faces of the crowd darkened.
The presence of wind indicated that there was another exit!
Whatever was beneath the earth had already escaped through the other exit!
The musician in green waved his sleeve, sending a musical note into the fungal tunnel. Soon after, the melody could be heard resonating from the depths, flowing melodiously for several miles underground!
The notes, forming various pitches and tunes, rapidly surged through the underground, reaching over ten miles away before suddenly rising upward.
"Whoosh!"
In the distance, to the west of Gongzhou City by the Min River, a spot burst open with the overwhelming power of the music.
The melody was enchanting, revealing a Heavenly Girl playing a guqin high in the sky, drifting ethereally as if she were an immortal.
The musician in green dispelled his Skill, and the vision of the Heavenly Girl playing the guqin also disappeared.
Everyone looked somewhat displeased.
Lady Hua’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she whispered to Dingding beside her, "The golden statue was not the demon’s True Body, but merely its nutrient. This demon deceived everyone, making them believe that the statue was its true form while it secretly drained it and slipped away. It’s laughable how we Independents thought we were so clever, thinking we could grasp and control this demon, only to come up empty-handed in the end."
Dingding asked, "Where could its True Body have gone? A demon has escaped, and now chaos will likely ensue in the world!"
The young girl was worried, lacking any of Lady Hua’s excitement.
Lady Hua laughed and said, "That, I do not know. Now that the Demon Domain has dispersed, it can go wherever it wants, and who can detect it?"
Dingding grew even more worried.
Lady Hua patted her on the shoulder and laughed, "It’s just an immature demon, nothing serious. If it were mature, we might be in trouble. But in its haste to escape, it didn’t fully transform this hundred-mile area into a Demon Domain, nor did it fully absorb the Demonic Nature from the Demon Domain. If it doesn’t reveal its True Body, it might be fine, but if it does, it’s sure to be captured."
Her voice was soft, yet the surroundings were quiet, and everyone listened to her words.
"It’s been refined and subdued by the Great Baoguo Temple for thousands of years and has become much smarter. It knows to avoid the gaze of the Outer Heaven True Gods, understands the perils of the human world, and knows that many powerful beings can thwart it before it matures."
"Lack of maturity could force it to walk among humans, absorb the Demonic Nature of our world, and fully become a demon. For a demon, this could be a form of cultivation. Who’s to say, it might even become an Independent," Lady Hua continued leisurely.
Dingding blinked, pondering a demon cloaked in a human skin, pursuing the Demon Path while roaming among humans.
What could it become?
She couldn’t help but speculate.
Numerous Independents dispersed to pursue the immature demon.
Green Sheep gathered Zen Master Ku’s skin, bundled it, and chuckled, "This can still be refined into a Magical Treasure."
Dingding curiously watched the sheep, but Lady Hua was very cautious, whispering softly, "Stay away from it; he and his brothers are all bad news."
Seeing her, Green Sheep tucked the Buddha’s skin under his arm and laughed, "Ah, it’s my little sister-in-law. It’s been a while since we last met."
Lady Hua’s face flushed with embarrassment, and she swept away.
Dingding hurriedly followed, thinking, "The lady must have had an affair with Mister Chen’s grandfather. Doesn’t that make Mister Chen her step-grandson? By the way, where did the Mister go?"
Green Sheep, carrying the Buddha’s skin, quickly approached the man with curly whiskers and handed over the skin, saying, "Little Liang, we’ve gained the greatest benefit. This Buddha’s skin is incredible, perfect for refining into a Magical Treasure. It’s a pity the head is missing... Where’s grandma?"
The man with curly whiskers took the Buddha’s skin and said, "She went to look for Little Ten."
On the other hand, Chen Shi stood atop Grandma Min River’s head, speeding forward and heading straight for Gongzhou City, and shouted, "Black Pot, can you distract these powerful beings’ consciousness?"
Black Pot glanced back and saw that Governor Fei, Governor Yan, General Xia, and others were chasing them through the air, and they were only a few miles away, which was enough distance for them to unleash their skills and annihilate them.
Though it could influence the thoughts of cultivators in the Divine Descent Realm and the Refining Void Realm, the effect diminished with distance. A few miles was enough for Governor Fei and the others to obliterate them with a single spell!
At that moment, Chen Shi saw from afar two figures standing at the riverbank. One was Monk Wu Chen, and next to him stood a young girl, vibrantly positioned beside Wu Chen with a green gauze crown on her head, which perfectly obscured her features.
Monk Wu Chen stood with one palm pressed against his chest, saluting Chen Shi from afar.
In the midst of the hurried situation, Chen Shi returned the gesture, only to see the wind lifting the veil on the girl’s face.
Chen Shi caught a fleeting glimpse and was profoundly shaken, as if he had seen a celestial being, his heart pounding uncontrollably: "How can there be such a beautiful girl in the world?"
The girl smiled gently and stretched out her hand to wipe the glossy forehead of Monk Wu Chen, as if cleaning the dust off it.
Chen Shi diverted his gaze and continued to flee for his life.
Monk Wu Chen also withdrew his gaze, his expression solemn, and said, "Uncle Master, let us depart."
The girl chuckled, "Since you call me Uncle Master, you need not die. Your master is Ku Zhu, so what should my name be? I certainly don’t want it to be bitter."
Monk Wu Chen, keeping his eyes off her, responded, "Uncle Master, I am a junior; how dare I name you? You flatter me."
The girl thought for a moment and said, "You bald donkeys chant the Buddhist Law in front of me every day, but harbor corrupt thoughts inside. The Vajra Sutra says, ’All conditioned phenomena are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, like dew or a flash of lightning.’ Fine, I will take one character from this and name myself the opposite of your scriptures, called Ying Ruming."
Ying Ruming said, "Let’s go. Otherwise, we could be caught. There are some foes I cannot defeat."
Monk Wu Chen led the way, though in reality, he was compelled by this demoness and dared not disobey.
As for which direction they were headed, he did not know, but there was a persistent consciousness in his mind influencing him on where to go.
"Wu Chen, who was that young man just now?" Ying Ruming inquired.
"Chen Shi, a scholar who was rushing to his exams."
Monk Wu Chen did not dare to conceal anything and continued, "He died ten years ago, renowned across the empire, ranked first among fifty provinces. He received an Innate Dao Embryo bestowed by the True God, known as the Child Scholar. This time, master intended to test him briefly and then planned to make him the reincarnated spiritual child."
"He is extremely dangerous."
Ying Ruming whispered softly, "Stay away from him. He harbors something inside him that even I fear."
Monk Wu Chen blinked in surprise, glancing back at Chen Shi’s departing figure, puzzled, "Child Scholar is extremely dangerous?"
Ying Ruming replied, "Your master must have been consumed by something inside him."
Monk Wu Chen’s eyes widened.
Although he had guessed that Zen Master Ku died at the hands of Chen Shi and others, he did not know how they killed Ku; he had not expected that Chen Shi had eaten him!
"Earlier, I glanced at the black dog next to him. When that dog looked at me, it attempted to twist my consciousness."
Ying Ruming spoke softly, "I originally planned to capture it, but inadvertently, I saw something inside Chen Shi and felt deeply frightened."
Monk Wu Chen was bewildered, wondering what could frighten even this young demon?
"Whew—"
A series of spells carrying devastating power flew overhead and headed straight for Chen Shi!
Then, Fei Tianzheng, Xia Chuli, Yan Jiuling, and others flew past.
One of the officials, catching sight of Ying Ruming and Monk Wu Chen, was tempted to silence them and launched a spell downwards.
"These fools, they should have absorbed them first!"
With a casual wave of her sleeve, Ying Ruming dissipated the spell and looked towards the torrent of spells racing along the Minjiang river towards Chen Shi, her expression changing slightly as she urged, "This place is fraught with danger, we must leave quickly! If we don’t hurry, we won’t make it out!"
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