According to Li Molin's plan, the current abbot of Bodhi Temple, Zen Master Daming, has already ascended to immortality. Therefore, a new monk must take over the position of abbot. Whoever succeeds will inevitably have to reorganize the temple's rules and regulations and reorganize all its official duties. This is the easiest time to attack Bodhi Temple. If they can seize this opportunity to conquer it in one fell swoop, it will be a major blow to the righteous path of the Central Plains, and for the demon race, it will also provide them with a blessed land brimming with spiritual energy.

On the tenth day of the tenth lunar month, at the beginning of the Si hour, a large patch of black light flew rapidly across the sky like a dark cloud over Pure Land Mountain, casting a large shadow over the Bodhi Temple below.

While discussing various temple affairs with several elders, Shi Ning sensed a strong demonic aura. He hurriedly came out of his meditation room, looked up, and his expression changed.

He called over a young monk and said urgently, "Go to the front hall quickly and have the outer disciples escort the pilgrims down the mountain. Tell them they can only go up the mountain after this calamity has passed. Go now!"

The young monk responded and hurried away.

Shi Ning then turned to an elder and said, "Uncle Zhixin, please take a few disciples to Jinyuan Temple and Pudu Nunnery for help. Under the current circumstances, I'm afraid disciples with low cultivation levels will not be able to get out."

"Alright." The old monk named Zhixin nodded, then called several disciples at the Relic Realm to get up and fly away.

Shi Ning then called over a young monk and said, "Call out all the inner disciples who are in meditation, and together we will resist the demonic calamity!"

"Yes!" The little monk frowned, his face full of worry, and after answering, he hurriedly turned and left.

"Namo Amitabha Buddha!" ​​Shi Ning chanted the Buddha's name, looking up with worry as numerous black lights slowly descended.

In recent years, Bodhi Temple has taken in many outstanding disciples, bringing the total number of disciples to 1,300 to 1,400. Among them, more than 500 are outer disciples who have studied the introductory instructions of the Bodhi Sutra, but are physically stronger than ordinary people. Their main responsibilities are to receive pilgrims and perform various cleaning and other miscellaneous tasks.

The remaining fewer than nine hundred disciples were the inner disciples. Among them, over a hundred were of the same generation as Zen Master Da Ming, with more than ten at the early or middle stages of the Rebirth Realm, and the rest mostly at the Buddha Heart Realm. There were over three hundred disciples of the same generation as Shi Ning, most of whom were at the Relic Realm. The rest were the younger generation of disciples; these disciples were still relatively new to the path, with very few having condensed relics, and most still at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Under these circumstances, the demons outnumbered the Bodhi Temple disciples and were also stronger overall, so it's no wonder that Shi Ning was filled with worry.

At this time, Shi Chan, like most of the disciples of Bodhi Temple, was still in meditation when the commotion outside woke him up. He hurriedly walked out of his meditation room and saw that more than a thousand demons in the sky were about to fall. Upon seeing this, his expression changed.

Soon, all the inner disciples of Bodhi Temple came out of their meditation rooms and saw numerous demons in the sky.

Just then, they heard Shi Ning's loud shout, which solemnly declared: "Disciples of Bodhi Temple, listen up! Charge forward and kill all the demons! Eliminate the demons and protect the temple!!"

A solemn expression appeared on the faces of all the disciples of Bodhi Temple, and they shouted in unison, "Exterminate the demon and protect the temple!"

After this shout, all the disciples flew into the sky and collided with the demons.

And so, a massive battle that blotted out the sky slowly began in the air.

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As Liuli flew towards Yuanzhou, she kept an eye on Shichan's whereabouts, so her speed was inevitably a bit slower. When she arrived in Yuanzhou, she saw the great battle above Jingtu Mountain in the distance. She was shocked and quickly sped up to fly over.

It was already late morning, and the battle between the demons and the disciples of Bodhi Temple had lasted for an hour. Both sides had suffered casualties, but Bodhi Temple had suffered more. Many of the newly initiated disciples, especially those with good aptitude, had perished in this catastrophe. This demonic calamity had dealt a heavy blow to Bodhi Temple.

Several disciples from Jinyuan Temple and Pudu Nunnery who had come to offer their congratulations arrived and quickly joined the battle, but they did not contribute much to the game.

Liuli came to the top of the fierce battle and looked down carefully for a moment. She found Li Molin and Shi Chan.

She looked around and then flew down towards the direction of Shi Chan.

Soon, Liuli landed in the midst of the chaotic battle. At that time, Shichan was entangled in a fight with two demons. Liuli landed back to back with Shichan, took out a long whip, and stopped one of the demons for him.

Shi Chan, who was focused on fighting the demon, sensed Liu Li's presence and his expression changed slightly.

"Miss Liuli?" The demon dared not fight Liuli, so he quickly withdrew his weapon and retreated, looking at Liuli with suspicion.

Ignoring the demon, Liuli turned and lashed out with her whip at another demon fighting Shichan. This demon, naturally, dared not fight Liuli either. He sheathed his weapon, exchanged a glance with the demon he had just fought, and then turned to join the attack on the other Bodhi Temple disciples.

Only then was Shi Chan able to rest for a moment. He looked up at Liuli, and his body trembled involuntarily. He took a deep breath to calm his rapidly beating heart, and silently looked at Liuli, unsure of what to say.

Liuli looked him up and down, and seeing that he was unharmed thanks to the Seven Treasures Kasaya, she felt relieved. Finally, her gaze settled on his face, and for a moment she didn't know what to say. She opened her mouth, then hesitated.

The two, a human and a fox, stared at each other silently amidst the chaotic battle, creating an eerie atmosphere.