In other words, all seventeen relics have been collected.
They were, of course, extremely excited!
Tang Sanzang looked at the relics in Li Yao's hand with great excitement and said, "Benefactor, the twelve relics in your hand..."
"You want it?"
Li Yao interrupted him with a smile.
"Benefactor, you must know that the Heavenly Realm, Mount Ling, and the Underworld have all been occupied by the Great Sage of the Demon Realm, Wutian Moluo!"
"Demons and monsters roam the human world too!"
"And the relic in your hand is the key to destroying Wutian Molu!"
"Therefore, I hope that you, benefactor, can consider the well-being of all beings in the Three Realms and give us the twelve relics you possess!"
On behalf of all sentient beings in the Three Realms, I thank you for your immense kindness and virtue!
Tang Sanzang said with a sincere expression.
"sure!"
Li Yao nodded very readily.
Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie were taken aback.
They didn't expect Li Yao to agree so readily.
Tang Sanzang's face lit up with joy, and he was about to reach out and take the relic from Li Yao's hand.
Unexpectedly, Li Yao suddenly changed the subject and said, "However, you would like to see the four relics in your hands."
"no!"
"What if you cheat us, take our four relics, and then run away? Wouldn't we be at a huge loss!"
Pigsy quickly shook his head and said.
"Hehe, I didn't expect that Pigsy would become smarter after becoming the Clean Altar Messenger!"
Li Yao smiled faintly.
"Of course, do you think I'm as easy to fool as you think, Old Pig?"
Pigsy's face lit up with smugness.
In fact, it wasn't just Pigsy who had this worry; Monkey King had it even more.
Because he had fought against Li Yao before, he knew how formidable Li Yao was.
Although there are three of them in total.
However, Li Yao's strength alone is already enough to make him difficult to deal with.
Moreover, there was a woman with Li Yao by his side.
That woman is no ordinary person either.
Therefore, if Li Yao were to use trickery, the three of them, master and disciples, might not necessarily have the upper hand.
"Since you're worried I'll take away your four relics!"
"Alright, let me show my sincerity first and give you four relics!"
"In that case, even if I take away your four relics, you won't lose out, right?"
Li Yao smiled slightly.
As he spoke, he waved his right hand.
With a hum, the four relics formed a row and flew towards Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong's pupils suddenly contracted.
He swept his hands through the air and collected the four relics without hesitation.
"Brother Monkey, are these four relics real?"
Pigsy quickly came over and asked.
"It's true!"
Sun Wukong nodded.
"How about it?"
"Hasn't my sincerity been more than enough?"
Li Yao smiled faintly.
"good!"
Sun Wukong nodded and put away the four relics that Li Yao had given him.
Then, he opened his right hand, and four relics appeared in his hand.
He waved the four relics toward Li Yao.
Li Yao took the four relics, and a thought struck him as to realize that these four relics were indeed not the same four relics he had just given to Sun Wukong.
He then copied the four relics into his hand.
In other words, besides the boneless relic of Sun Wukong, he has already replicated sixteen relics.
In fact, apart from the four relics that Sun Wukong obtained, he had already absorbed most of the magical power from the other twelve relics.
"Truly worthy of being a Buddhist relic, its power is boundless!"
Li Yao said it casually.
Then, he gave Sun Wukong the four relics that Sun Wukong had just given him, as well as the eight relics he still had in his hand.
Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie exchanged a glance, both greatly surprised.
So straightforward?
Could this be a scam?
"Alright, the safety of the Three Realms rests on your shoulders!"
Li Yao gave Tang Sanzang and his two disciples a meaningful look.
Then, with a wave of his right hand, he put the machine that Aynara used to replicate gods and Buddhas into the ring space.
Then, he gave Xiaobai a wink, and a cloud of black mist suddenly rose up, and the two of them disappeared instantly.
"ah?"
"They just left like that?"
"What exactly is their background?"
Why would they give us twelve relics for nothing?
Pigsy was completely bewildered.
Are they enemies or friends?
Even the usually shrewd Sun Wukong was completely bewildered at this moment, unable to understand why Li Yao would give them twelve relics for free.
"Wukong, Bajie, whether they are friend or foe, the fact that they gave us twelve relics has saved us a lot of trouble!"
"Now we must hurry and rescue the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Mount Ling!"
Tang Sanzang quickly replied.
"Yes, Master!"
Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie nodded.
Then, led by Tang Sanzang, they headed towards the cage where the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Mount Ling were imprisoned.
...
The Great Buddha Hall of Lingshan.
"It's almost over!"
"Fellow Daoist Li, I'll take you somewhere!"
Wutian sat cross-legged on the black lotus and said something without any emotion.
Li Yao nodded.
Immediately, Wutian waved his right hand, and a flash of demonic light appeared, causing the surrounding scenery to change abruptly.
Li Yao discovered that he was already in a valley.
Above their heads, everything was shrouded in darkness, as if a thick black fog covered the sky and enveloped the surrounding environment, making it appear eerie and terrifying.
Beneath his feet were jagged rocks covered with eerie vines.
A strange wind blew by, accompanied by a series of eerie howls, making it sound exceptionally strange and terrifying.
The sound of flowing water seemed to come from all around, rushing and splashing.
Li Yao followed Wu Tian and kept walking forward.
"Fellow Daoist Li, do you know where this place is?"
Wu Tian suddenly spoke up.
"The Abyss of Darkness?"
Li Yao guessed.
Knowing the plot, he not only guessed where he was, but also guessed that Wutian would take him to meet someone.
"good!"
"This is the Abyss of Darkness!"
"This is the darkest place in the Three Realms!"
"It is also a place where the resentment of all living beings gathers!"
"Back then, I was imprisoned here by Buddha for a full 33,000 years!"