Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 296 - 263: Heavenly Ambition

Chapter 296: Chapter 263: Heavenly Ambition

The doors of the Taoist Temple were open—

When Wu Xiaode had knocked on the doors just a moment ago, both of them had fallen straight down.

So, as Wu Xiaode walked out from the backyard and stood in the front courtyard, he could see several men and women standing outside the gate.

They were arrayed in a semicircular formation, each holding a gun, cautiously watching the road they had come from.

A woman was protected by the crowd in the center, wearing a loose long dress, her abdomen slightly bulging, also holding a handgun in her hand.

These people were somewhat astonished to see such a young Taoist coming out from inside the Taoist Temple.

Wu Xiaode was about to speak, when suddenly a bright and dazzling Seven-colored Cloud Radiance flew down from the sky, quietly landing in front of the gun-toting woman, transforming into The Queen Mother of the West.

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

He found that only he could see the other party; as for the gun-toting woman and the group of guards around her, not a single one could see this venerable Heavenly Venerate.

The Queen Mother of the West gave Wu Xiaode a gentle smile and gestured with her lips.

"Please help me."

Wu Xiaode nodded slightly and gave a saluting gesture with his hands.

—I’ll do my best.

The Queen Mother of the West took two steps back and returned the gesture with a small bow, once again transformed into Seven-colored Cloud Radiance, swirling ceaselessly around the gun-toting woman.

All of the Seven-colored Radiance completely disappeared into the woman’s abdomen.

This was the embodiment.

Yet, the gun-toting woman in the long dress was completely unaware, asking Wu Xiaode:

"Young Taoist, do you have any place here where we can take refuge?"

Even in such a dire situation, her demeanor remained composed—

—She had long curly hair flowing down, a full figure, a pair of phoenix eyes with moving glints, vivacious and exceptional.

There were some splashes of blood on her fair face and arms, but she paid them no heed, only seriously sizing up Wu Xiaode.

"Are you hikers? Come in and rest, don’t worry, the security on the mountain is very good," Wu Xiaode said with a smile.

The group opposite was stunned.

"This place has good security?" the woman asked tentatively.

She wasn’t sure if her eyes were deceiving her, but she thought she saw a mist swirling around Wu Xiaode.

But upon closer inspection, the mist turned out to be nothingness, no longer visible.

"We are looking to greatly promote the tourism industry here, the mountain might also get a security station set up, the police have been coming more frequently recently, there won’t be any trouble," Wu Xiaode said cheerfully.

He made a gesture with his hand as if inviting them in and continued, "Please, come in and have some tea."

As the words fell,

Lamps were lit inside the Taoist Temple.

Hundreds of bronze hands swept the main hall clean, a fire was kindled in the stove, a kettle filled with water was set on top, and it began to boil.

All the chairs that could be used for sitting were brought into the main hall.

Seven or eight bronze hands picked up crystal vases, gathered a few flowers from the backyard, arranged them in the vases, and gently placed them on the tea table.

"Sister Shen, what do we do now?" a crisp male voice asked softly.

Sister Shen, the gun-toting woman, glanced at Wu Xiaode, then at the lights coming on in the windows of the Taoist Temple’s main hall, and after a moment’s hesitation, she said softly:

"Young Taoist, I can see that we’ve been pursued here; please, give us a straight answer, are there really government patrols here?"

"Of course, Taoists cannot lie, trust me—come on, come over for some rest and tea," replied Wu Xiaode.

A flash of Thunder Light suddenly streaked across the sky.

Cold rain began to fall.

And it grew heavier.

A woman whispered in Sister Shen’s ear, "I have a bad feeling about this young Taoist; maybe we should find somewhere else?"

"I can’t walk anymore," Sister Shen replied coldly.

She looked up at the heavy leaden clouds, gently touched her stomach, and after a moment of thought said, "Everyone, enter the Taoist Temple."

The crowd immediately stowed away their guns, encircling her as they walked into the Taoist Temple, a few of them immediately dispersing to investigate the place.

The woman followed Wu Xiaode into the Taoist Temple’s reception room.

All the bronze hands disappeared into the Void.

The firewood in the room crackled, bringing a sense of warmth.

The tea water was boiling.

Wu Xiaode skillfully brewed tea for everyone, served it all around, and then took the head seat, smiling as he said:

"Pardon my frankness, but you are pregnant and it’s unwise to climb mountains so late at night."

Sister Shen was somewhat caught between laughter and tears.

Her group had stormed up here, all armed with guns and weapons; anyone would sense that something was off. Yet this young Taoist seemed completely unfazed, as if he hadn’t even noticed, and even invited her for tea.

If he isn’t a madman...

"Taoist," Sister Shen said respectfully, "to be candid, we are being pursued, we truly have nowhere else to turn, which is why we stumbled into your esteemed Temple."

"Oh," Wu Xiaode uttered a single word.

"If we stay here, it might bring disastrous trouble upon you. We will leave right after finishing this cup of tea. What do you think?" Sister Shen asked.

"Once you’ve entered my premises, you are my guests. Now I only ask one question, what business are you in?" Wu Xiaode inquired.

—These people are armed, their formation is tight, their training disciplined, they obey orders precisely.

They don’t look like beggars, nor like gangsters and ruffians.

Human traffickers don’t have such professionalism in combat.

Drug traffickers, maybe, that’s a possibility.

But the exceedingly venerable The Queen Mother of the West from the exalted heights of heaven, why would she incarnate into such a person of deep sin?

So...

Are these people assassins?

Merchants of war?

Or military contractors?

Sister Shen sighed and said, "We manufacture Mecha."

"I’ve been out of touch with society for too long, I don’t know the ins and outs of this trade, please explain," Wu Xiaode urged.

"We are underground Mecha manufacturers that the government does not acknowledge. Not long ago, we developed some breakthrough technologies, but inadvertently let the news slip, and several large corporations became aware," Sister Shen explained.

Wu Xiaode breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, it’s not drug traffickers or human traffickers; without such a moral burden, he felt much less pressure.

He might as well save them.

Wu Xiaode smiled and said, "You all rest here; nothing will happen."

No sooner did he finish speaking than the tea table started to tremble slightly.

Ting-ting-tang-tang-ting-ting.

The teacups clinked against the tabletop in rapid succession, solidifying the atmosphere.

Someone panicked into the room, saying breathlessly:

"Two wolf-type tactical Mobile Battle Armors are coming up the mountain, they are already outside the Taoist Temple now."

The entire hall went silent.

Wild Wolf-type Mobile Battle Armor.

To deal with their group, it would actually take only one of these Mobile Battle Armors to charge and strafe the field to start cleaning up.

——And yet, two had come!

It seemed there was no escape this time.

The woman surnamed Shen was pale, forcing a smile as she said, "Taoist master, we’ll not trouble you further."

She was just about to stand up, but Wu Xiaode held her shoulder down with his hand.

"I said before, even Mechas can’t enter my Taoist Temple, don’t worry,"

Wu Xiaode said with a smile.

Outside, a heavy vibration suddenly echoed.

Looking out the window, they saw two steel giants, seven to eight meters tall, slowly making their way between the mountains.

Each step they took caused the earth to emit a slight tremor.

People held their breath as they watched this scene.

Despair enveloped every one of them.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

As time passed, the two Mobile Battle Armors were still searching through the mountains but showed no intention of approaching the Taoist Temple.

...What was happening?

The Taoist Temple was clearly right there. A quick topographic scan would immediately reveal several life forms inside the temple.

But those two Mobile Battle Armors, as if blind, didn’t even glance this way.

This was simply impossible!

While everyone was puzzled, Wu Xiaode stretched, stood up, and said:

"Everyone, you can rest here for a while, I need to attend to something in the backyard."

"Do you have matters to attend to, master? Do you need our help?" the Shen surnamed woman hurriedly asked.

"No need, actually, an old master in my temple has passed away, I am going to dig a hole to bury him. I don’t need your help," Wu Xiaode declined.

He nodded to the people, then quickly left.

The people glanced out the window.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning split the pitch-black sky, instantly illuminating the mountains and fields.

The two massive creatures were still searching back and forth through the mountains.

——Towards the Taoist Temple burning with light, they remained deliberately blind.

The Taoist master in the temple couldn’t be bothered to look at them anymore and went directly to the backyard.

"Sister Shen, there really is a Taoist master in the backyard who has passed away in meditation," a man whispered.

"Wasn’t he killed?" the Shen surnamed woman asked.

"I scanned him with a life detector, and there are no injuries on him, his body warm and moist as if freshly deceased, his expression serene and peaceful; he seems to have died in meditation," the man said.

"...It’s really strange," another man added.

The Shen surnamed woman sat on a chair, gently touching her belly, her expression somewhat vacant.

On the other side.

Wu Xiaode stood in the backyard, with his arms crossed, watching the rain.

Dozens of bronze hands dug a rectangular deep pit in the ground.

Six bronze hands held the body of the old Taoist, gently placing him into it.

"Farewell, and have a good journey,"

Wu Xiaode said softly.

Boom!

Heavenly Thunder rolled across from the depths of the void.

Thunder repeatedly flashed.

The Thunder Light illuminated the Taoist Temple’s back mountain, allowing Wu Xiaode to see two other huge steel Battle Armors.

They were covered with dense holes, as if ready to launch an attack at any moment.

Unfortunately——

The entire Taoist Temple was enveloped in a silent Demon Mist.

This was a Death Skill.

No matter what kind of equipment those Mechas had, they were unable to detect the situation here.

Wu Xiaode coldly watched those massive creatures, feeling that fate was somewhat strange.

In the past——

No, it should be the future.

In the future’s Epoch era, Sister Lan also got into trouble with company executives while researching new technology.

The development of technology turned out to be so bloody, even crueler than those from the underworld.

Remembering the future events, Wu Xiaode’s eyes gradually softened.

He waved his hand casually.

Suddenly, numerous bronze hands emerged in the Void, creating a dense metallic clanking sound in midair, quickly assembling into a ten-meter-tall bronze giant.

This bronze giant had only one eye.

Despite its assembled form, it was just an object——

It could only stand motionless on the grass, allowing the cold night rain to pelt its body.

Wu Xiaode extended his hand, gently pressing on the surface of the bronze giant’s body.

The Book of the Dead opened alongside it.

Rows of ice crystal characters rapidly emerged:

"You have activated the brand-new ’Heavenly Will’."

"You have bestowed the Demon God Seed of Sin Prison within you, ’The Power of the One-eyed Giant’, upon this creation, granting it temporary life to fight for you."

The ten-meter-tall bronze giant trembled all over.

It opened its fierce single eye, moved its hands and feet, then its knees slowly bent as it knelt before Wu Xiaode.

In the wind and rain.

The One-eyed Giant looked at Wu Xiaode, silent and speechless.

Wu Xiaode softly instructed:

"Go, destroy all the enemies searching the mountain for me."

Only then did the One-eyed Giant make a deep and grandiose sound:

"Yes, master."

It quickly rose from the ground, a fierce smile spreading across its face as it stepped towards the exterior of the Taoist Temple.

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