He didn't see the Buddha, but he did see the various sufferings of the people in the world. The lives of the people in the eight realms of gods and dragons were a thousand times better than this.
Zhongli Mei was the first to arrive at the Zhao army camp. After questioning a man, he learned about Master Wu's sleeping tent, but it was already empty.
However, Master Wu had just held a ceremony to perform rituals and chant sutras not long ago, so the other party had only recently left.
Hao Jiu is now basically certain that the target is this Master Wu. He must have known that Shi Hu was killed, which is why he ran away.
"Zhongli Mei, go to the target's tent, release the spirit bees, and then retrieve the items the target used for me."
"Yes." Zhongli Mei immediately followed Hao Jiu's instructions, took out a small box from his pocket, placed it on the futon in the tent, and opened it. Inside, a spirit bee that looked as if it were asleep quickly fluttered its wings and flew around the futon.
After the spirit bee memorized the target's scent, Zhongli Mei used the Shadow System to retrieve the futon and other items the target hadn't had time to take from the sleeping tent and gave them to Hao Jiu.
Hao Jiu racked his brains to solve the problem of the Shadow System not having a system radar. Zhongli Mei, Xiang Sheng, and the others each carried a spirit bee and put it in a small box along with a small piece of spirit stone.
When in use, simply open the box, and the bee will remember the target's scent and then track it.
It's worth noting that although bees don't have noses, their sense of smell is even more acute than a dog's thanks to their extremely sensitive antennae.
Hao Jiuxuan's Lingfeng has a stronger sense of smell and is very intelligent. Like a trained police dog, it can accurately find the target's location by detecting the residual scent and can smell it within a radius of ten miles.
Unless the other party knows in advance that they are going to use bees to track them, it is basically very difficult to evade the tracking. Even the slightest trace of scent will not escape the bees' tracking.
But there are countless ways to track a bird, so who would have thought it was a bee? And it's not so easy to completely cover up or get rid of the scent.
A little bee flew left and right, until it reached the altar, and then followed Master Wu's scent out of the camp.
"God of Wine, the target has fled northwest, I'm in pursuit!" Zhongli Mei used the Moon-Shaving Step to closely follow the Spirit Bee.
"The Taihang Mountains are in the northwest. This guy is trying to hide. Hurry up and chase him!" Hao Jiu cursed under his breath. What a cowardly system. It has no guts at all.
Just then, Xuan Cheng called out, "God of Wine, I think I've spotted the target. That guy's lightness skill is pretty good. Let me deal with him for a bit first. Where do you think you're going to run!"
Chapter 457 Delay
Has Xuancheng become arrogant?
No, he was just curious and excited to see a skilled monk from another world.
His life was quite legendary. At a young age, he became the number one master of Shaolin Temple in two hundred years, and his martial arts were praised as extraordinary. However, he later ruined himself by practicing too much.
Fortunately, he encountered the god of wine, who healed his meridians and even expanded them.
Originally, this was the pace of being invincible, but soon Xuan Cheng encountered fierce defeats from generals such as Xiaoyaozi, Li Canghai, and a group of generals from the Chu-Han plane.
Even the younger generation like Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Xu Zhu possessed considerable strength, which put him under significant pressure.
After much deliberation, Xuan Cheng concluded that he could only become the top master in Buddhism. He represented Buddhism and couldn't bring shame to Bodhidharma.
At this point, there is absolutely no reason to back down. Even just holding off the opponent is a way of proving your worth.
So Xuan Cheng went ahead, and Hao Jiu didn't stop him. Someone had to make the first move to test the other's strength.
"Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand!" Xuan Cheng suddenly leaped out, his hands forming claws as he struck at Master Wu's head with such speed that ordinary people had no time to react.
Master Wu didn't react in time, but a layer of golden light suddenly appeared around him, and Xuan Cheng's dragon claw hand was instantly deflected when it struck the golden light.
"Who are you? Eh? Why would a Buddhist monk try to kill this humble monk?"
"Shaolin Xuancheng has come to learn from your superior skills." After saying this, Xuancheng unleashed a strike of the Formless Calamity Finger, with extremely hot pure Yang true energy striking towards Master Wu from a distance, but it was still blocked by the golden light shield.
"Amitabha, so you are a monk from Shaolin Temple. Your martial arts skills are not weak, but you have chosen the wrong person to challenge me. I do not know any martial arts." Master Wu actually did not remember which temple Shaolin Temple was. There were too many temples in Zhao State. All the good names had been used up. Later temples were mostly named after villages. Shaolin was probably just a small place.
“I saw that you just used your lightness skill as if you were walking on flat ground, and you just blocked my ultimate martial arts technique. Where do you not know martial arts?” Xuan Cheng questioned.
Master Wu smiled and said, "I used the Dharma Seal of Divine Speed in Buddhism. Do you want to learn it? I'll teach you. As for blocking your sneak attack, that's because I have the Buddha's protection. You can't hurt me."
"Buddha's blessing? Why would Buddha use this to bless you?" Xuan Cheng said, and then unleashed another Formless Calamity Finger.
Master Wu clasped his hands together and said, “Perhaps Buddha couldn’t bear to let me die. If you have stronger martial arts, feel free to try. I see you have good talent. Why don’t you come and be my protector? I can make you stronger and give you the opportunity to hear the Buddha’s voice, or even meet Buddha.”
"You can let me see the Buddha? Monks don't lie. Could it be that you're showing me a statue of the Buddha?" Xuan Cheng said, putting his hands together in prayer.
Master Wu smiled slightly, "How about we make a bet? If I can let you see the true form of Buddha right now, you will become my protector from now on, how about it?"
"What if we can't meet? What have you lost to me then?" Xuan Cheng said seriously.
"I'll fight you," Master Wu said, then demonstrated his skill by shattering a rock from a distance.
“Okay, let’s bet.” Xuan Cheng agreed.
"That's quite generous. Now, please let Buddha appear and save this lost disciple!" Master Wu said respectfully.
Then.
A giant golden Buddha, tens of feet tall, appeared above Master Wu's head.
"Xuancheng, you've already met the Buddha, why aren't you paying your respects? When will you?" Master Wu quickly reminded him when he saw Xuancheng's stunned expression.
“Disciple pays respects to the Buddha.” Xuan Cheng bowed respectfully.
Master Wu smiled slightly, quite satisfied with the other party's attitude, but Xuan Cheng immediately added another sentence.
"Although I know you're fake, I can't help but want to pay my respects. Perhaps Buddha really is like this. Come on, let's fight. You tried to fool me with a fake, but I saw through it. That means you lost."
Master Wu's face turned cold. "You dare to disrespect the Buddha? Then I will have no choice but to perform a ritual to guide you, this traitorous disciple of Buddhism, to the afterlife!"
"You fake monk, how dare you mention Buddha?" Xuan Cheng said, and then unleashed his Vajra Fist.
This time, Master Wu abandoned his defensive stance and unleashed a palm strike using his power of vows, shouting, "The Great Handprint of Tathagata!"
Xuan Cheng's Vajra Fist still failed to break through the opponent's golden light protection, but Master Wu's attack also failed to do anything to Xuan Cheng. The Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill plus the domineering protective aura was not easy to break through.
Master Wu was somewhat surprised, and even began to doubt whether the other party was a mortal or not. Could this person also be one of his Buddhist tribulations?
Xuan Cheng didn't care whether his attacks were effective or not. He used all the Shaolin skills he knew. He couldn't yet fuse his domineering energy with Shaolin skills, and he didn't have much domineering energy.
He had few life-or-death battles at Shaolin Temple back then, so he didn't have much of a domineering fighting spirit. But that's okay, this fight with Wu Fatian will allow him to accumulate a lot of domineering energy.
This is why Xuan Cheng insisted that the opponent retaliate. If the opponent remained hidden inside the golden light barrier and did not fight back, no matter how Xuan Cheng fought, he would not gain any fighting spirit.
"It doesn't hurt or itch. If you're so capable, then don't hide in that golden light." Xuan Cheng provoked his opponent with words while fighting.
Wu Fatian smiled and said, "Then I hope you won't dodge this next move either."
"I won't dodge, but if I move normally, can you hit me?" Xuan Cheng circled around Wu Fatian, launching a fierce attack. He could sense that the opponent's golden light defense wasn't truly invincible and would definitely require some effort to expend.
Wu Fatian retaliated in order to consume less willpower. Although defense consumes less willpower than a single attack, if it continues to consume willpower, he will eventually have to retaliate, so it is better to strike sooner rather than later.
boom!
A mountain crashed down—it was Wu Fatian's strongest attack, Five Finger Mountain!
Xuan Cheng was slammed into the ground, coughing up blood, his bones broken and tendons snapped.
"This is the consequence of insulting Buddha. Go to hell!" Wu Fatian sneered, preparing to deliver the final blow to Xuan Ci. However...
Xuan Cheng suddenly erupted, unleashing his domineering energy that he hadn't used before. Combined with the domineering energy protecting his body and strengthening his fist, the same Vajra Fist was several times more powerful!
Bang!
Wu Fatian flew away, not seriously injured, but the shock of Xuan Cheng's attack was too great. How did he recover!
"Don't be careless. This person probably has a system. Is he the one with the twin swords?" the Buddha System warned.
Wu Fatian suddenly realized, "But this person hasn't used a knife at all, he's been completely unarmed..."
"If someone else is wielding the twin swords, that would be even worse. Go all out and kill this person!" The Buddha System hadn't expected that even the Five Finger Mountain technique couldn't kill Xuan Cheng.
"Yes, sir." Wu Fatian sneered, confident that he would take down Xuan Cheng in the next round.
However.
"Hahaha... Xuancheng, don't panic, Zhongli Mei is here!"
Chapter 458 Siege
Whoosh!
A sword aura flew across the sky, instantly cutting a gash in Wu Fatian's golden protective shield, nearly scaring him to death.
The protective golden light intensified, becoming several times thicker. It was a timely act of remedial action. Wu Fatian's wound wasn't deep, and the Buddha System gave him a Rebirth Pill, which transformed his vow power into life force, repairing the wound in the blink of an eye.
“Zhongli Mo?” Wu Fatian felt that the name sounded familiar.
"This person is extremely powerful, you must be extremely careful. These two must have healing elixirs on them, you must kill them in one blow and not give them a chance to breathe. Use your power of will as much as you can, as long as you can get through this calamity." The Buddha System secretly felt lucky. Fortunately, twelve people from the Eight Heavenly Dragons came this time, so even if they were suppressed by the plane, there was nothing to be afraid of.
"I obey the decree!" Wu Fatian regained his composure. With his infinite power, he was immortal, and he had just severely injured his opponent with a single move, Five Finger Mountain. What did the two of them have to fear?
However.
Zhongli Mei had already rushed close, and the Emperor's Sword slashed down with great force, its golden light shining brightly, but the domineering energy also condensed into the sword's edge and broke through the golden light.
Wu Fatian's expression changed drastically. He quickly used the Swift Magic Seal to narrowly dodge the sword strike, but he had already lost his balance and was at a disadvantage. If he were to be struck by a few more sword strikes, he would surely die!
"Buddha, save me!"
The Buddha System's eyes widened. This person's power was unprecedented. Even the golden light of his vows was easily broken. He was too powerful. Good heavens, how could such a master be encountered in a lower plane!
"Use Immovable Mountain! Hold on until the Eight Heavenly Dragons arrive, and you can turn the tide! I'll contact the Eight Heavenly Dragons now, add another 50% of my vow power, and have them come here to save you as soon as possible," the Buddha System said through gritted teeth.
"Oh, good!" Wu Fatian also realized that his strongest defensive ability was not the Golden Light Protection, but the Immovable Mountain. The problem was that Shi Hu had died in the Immovable Mountain state not long ago.
Despite feeling somewhat afraid, Wu Fatian was still prepared to follow the instructions of the Buddha system.
After all, Shi Hu didn't have much willpower, while Shi Hu had unlimited willpower, so their immovable defense was naturally incomparable.
Wu Fatian was deeply moved that Buddha had gone to such lengths for him; how could he possibly disappoint Buddha?
"Hey!" Wu Fatian leaped high into the air, took a sword strike head-on, and landed on top of Zhongli Mei. He sat down cross-legged in mid-air, his body transforming into an immovable golden body.
puff!
Golden blood splattered down, but the wound healed instantly, and Wu Fatian's immovable golden body was now complete, allowing him to fall freely downwards!
When Zhongli Mei saw that the other party had run up to his head and didn't know what he wanted to do, he immediately raised his sword and thrust it at Wu Fatian's private parts.
"Be careful! This move is as heavy as a mountain!" Hao Jiu quickly warned.
"Well done! Smash him to death!" the Buddha System exclaimed excitedly, "This guy is courting death."