As Pu Fang lowered the golden alms bowl in his hand, a figure suddenly appeared at the cave entrance.
Lin Yi looked up, pointed, and a white bone dragon boat surrounded by seven-colored divine light flew out and crashed directly into him, barbaric, domineering, and violent.
"boom!"
The white bone dragon boat and the golden alms bowl collided violently.
Pu Fang coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning deathly pale. The golden alms bowl flew back into his arms, its golden light dimmed, clearly indicating that its spiritual essence had been severely damaged.
Lin Yi took a step forward and stood at the bow of the bone dragon boat, looking down at the crowd below.
His Supreme Ship was forged from the bones of a seventh-level Celestial Immortal, and it was presided over by a genuine fifth-level True Immortal, Xuan Yao Dao Ren. It could crush an ordinary person without breaking a sweat.
Various colored lights flew in from all directions, clearly disturbed by the earlier commotion.
The fastest was a crimson sword light, which descended as it approached, revealing a short, stout middle-aged man standing beside Pu Fang and the others.
Looking at the white bone dragon boat in the sky and sensing the vast magical power flowing within it, the short, stout man was startled. He cupped his hands and said, "Tian Buyi of the Qingyun Sect, may I ask who you are? And why did you clash with Master Pufang of the Tianyin Sect?"
Standing at the bow of the ship, Lin Yi replied with a rather "angry" expression: "So you are experts from Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple. I have long heard of your great names. I am Lin Yi, a rogue cultivator from the East Sea. I came here because I had a mishap while researching a teleportation array. As soon as I showed up, this Venerable Pufang attacked me mercilessly. I would like to ask why?"
"Amitabha."
A Buddhist chant rang out, and an old monk with a wrinkled face, wearing a tattered robe and covered in dirt, holding a string of jade prayer beads rushed over. He put his palms together and said, "Puzhi of Tianyin Temple greets Benefactor Lin. This matter was caused by my junior brother Pufang's recklessness. Please forgive him, Benefactor Lin."
Since the other party had already given in, Lin Yi felt embarrassed to continue harassing them. He took out a blank scroll, circulated his magic power, and struck it, causing countless words to appear on it.
“I was also at fault in this matter; I shouldn’t have been so harsh. I obtained this copy of the Lotus Sutra by chance, and I would like to express my apology by asking that you accept it, Venerable Master Puzhi.”
As Lin Yi spoke, he tossed the scroll in his hand, which landed in front of Puzhi.
This Buddhist scripture was obtained by him when he was in the Seven Phoenix Realms, after he refined a Blood River Demon Monk. It emphasizes sudden enlightenment: "When the flower blooms, I see myself; when I see the Tathagata, I see him." Understanding is understanding, and not understanding is not understanding. It completely disregards logic.
Puzhi hesitated for a moment, then secretly channeled his magic power and reached out to catch the scroll.
Lin Yi asked, "May I ask where this place is, everyone?"
Tian Buyi said, "This is Fox Hill, the headquarters of the Ghost King Sect of the Demonic Cult. If Fellow Daoist Lin had arrived earlier, he might have encountered those demonic cult members."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi thought for a moment and realized that the time he had traveled through was roughly ten years before the start of the story. Bi Yao was still a little girl, and Zhang Xiaofan was probably playing in the mud.
One by one, righteous people who came to Fox Ridge Mountain to exorcise demons gathered around, but they dared not make any noise because they were intimidated by the aura of the Supreme Ship.
The righteous path's demon-slaying operation has completely failed, and now they must part ways and go their separate ways.
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Chapter 108 The Journey to Qingyun
Lin Yi piloted the Supreme Ship around Fox Ridge Mountain. The Ghost King Sect had retreated cleanly, leaving not a trace. Clearly, they didn't want to fight the righteous path head-on and needlessly deplete their strength.
The people from Fenxiang Valley were the first to leave, while the people from Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple traveled north together.
"I wonder what little Biyao looks like, is she cute? Oh well, I'd better not bother her. Doing a good deed every day, following the spirit of Lei Feng." Lin Yi thought to himself, then chuckled and parked the Supreme Boat at the foot of the mountain.
People from Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple came down from Fox Hill and looked at the white bone dragon boat parked by the roadside with unfriendly expressions.
Lin Yi said with a smile, "My treasure ship can fly and travel through the earth. It can give you all a ride. How about it? Dare to get on board?"
Before Cangsong Daoren, Tian Buyi, Puzhi, and the others could make a decision, Pu Fang shouted angrily, "Let's get on the boat! Even if it's a dragon's den or a tiger's lair, we righteous people dare to venture there."
He was already short-tempered, and after being injured, he became even more difficult to control himself.
Lin Yi silently gave Pu Fang a thumbs up in his heart; what a great wingman.
As expected, once Pu Fang had spoken, the others, despite their reluctance, had no choice but to agree.
As soon as Pu Fang spoke, he immediately regretted it, but what's done is done, and the reputation of Tianyin Temple was of utmost importance; how could he back down now?
He was the first to board the Supreme Ship and sat cross-legged beside Lin Yi. He thought to himself that if this man had any schemes, he would immediately use the "Nirvana" method of sacrificing himself for righteousness. Even if his soul was scattered, he would fight to create a way out for others.
After Lin Yi and everyone else had boarded the ship, he announced loudly, "Everyone, please be seated. I'm about to set sail."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Supreme Ship took off with a "whoosh," and a rainbow bridge of seven-colored light was erected in the sky.
As the rainbow bridge rises, the white clouds gradually fall to the ground, and the clear blue sky stretches overhead.
Lin Yi pointed, revealing a water mirror that displayed the mountains, rivers, forests, and cities below. He called out to Tian Buyi, "Could you please point me in the direction of Qingyun Mountain, Fellow Daoist Tian?"
When Tian Buyi walked over and saw the route, he was shocked again, because only half an hour had passed, and nearly a third of the journey from Fox Hill in the southwest to Qingyun Mountain in the Central Plains had already been completed.
Although he sensed that the bone dragon boat was flying extremely fast, he didn't have a clear comparison. Now that he suddenly understood, the shock he felt was unimaginable.
It took them a full half month to get there, but the return trip is estimated to take only half an hour.
Half a month and an hour and a half are worlds apart.
Seeing Tian Buyi's expression, Lin Yi chuckled inwardly. If it weren't for his insufficient magical power and poor control, preventing him from temporarily activating supersonic flight, he would have absolutely astonished Tian Buyi and the others.
An hour later, the majestic and towering Qingyun Mountains, which seemed to dominate the Central Plains, came into view in the distance.
The boat gradually slowed down, and a middle-aged Taoist priest dressed in dark green robes, with an air of otherworldly grace and warm, bright eyes, appeared ahead.
"Look, it's the sect leader!"
"The sect leader has arrived."
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Dao Xuan Zhenren said, "May I ask which fellow Daoist has come to my Qingyun Sect?"