"Li Molin..." Liuli called softly at the door, but Li Molin did not respond at all, as if he was fast asleep and could not hear her at all.

After waiting for a while, she tiptoed over and saw that Li Molin was indeed sleeping soundly. His eyes were closed, his breathing was steady, and there was a faint smile on his lips.

Liuli shook her head, unable to help but think that he was much cuter when he was asleep than when he was awake.

Unbeknownst to her, during the days she was away, Li Molin often couldn't sleep because he worried about her and missed her. Even when he did fall asleep, he couldn't sleep well and was always awakened by nightmares. Tonight, knowing that she was right beside him, he was finally able to sleep soundly without any worries.

Liuli looked down at Li Molin and said in a low voice, "Li Molin, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that you're asleep and I can't talk to you... I'm going to Bodhi Temple to bring the little monk out, and then I'll bring him to find you, okay?"

Li Molin's breathing was steady, showing no signs of waking up.

Liu Li smiled slyly and said happily, "If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes? Goodbye, Li Molin..."

After saying that, she turned and tiptoed away.

Behind her, Li Molin remained motionless, not even disturbed by the sound of the wooden door opening and closing; he was fast asleep.

Liuli tiptoed out of the stone house where Li Molin lived, lightly touched the ground with her toes, and flew gracefully southward.

The Xuan Tie Mine is located in the west of the Central Plains, while the Bodhi Temple is in Yuanzhou, in the southwest of the Central Plains. The two places are not far apart, but they are not close either. Fortunately, Liuli is extremely fast, and she arrived above the Bodhi Temple in less than an hour.

It was past midnight, and the Bodhi Temple was exceptionally quiet under the cover of night. The lights in many of the meditation rooms had been turned off, and the temple was pitch black.

Liuli hovered in mid-air and looked around. She saw that, hidden among the lush trees, there were occasional flickering lights on the path between the meditation rooms. These were the only lights on the entire mountain.

Liuli thought that the lights must be the lanterns carried by the little monks on night patrol. After a moment of contemplation, she slowly lowered herself toward one of the lights.

Because of the demon invasion, Shi Ning arranged for hundreds of young monks to stand guard at night, patrolling back and forth in the temple to prevent the demons from taking advantage of the Bodhi Temple's weakened state to launch a comeback and attack the temple again.

Liuli silently landed on the path behind a young monk on night patrol. She examined him closely and discovered that his cultivation was extremely low, only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. She smiled wickedly, and with a swift movement, silently flew towards the young monk. During this process, a black rope from her sleeve deftly bound the monk tightly. Almost simultaneously, she flashed in front of him and, with a wave of her hand, released a ball of white spiritual energy to gag his wide-open mouth.

The black rope around the little monk twisted like a serpent, and then, under the command of the Glazed Spirit Technique, it continued to coil upwards, wrapping around his neck and tightening little by little. Soon, the little monk could not breathe properly.

The little monk's face quickly turned purple. His mouth was gagged, preventing him from speaking, and his eyes were wide open, filled with deep fear.

Liuli loosened the Binding God Rope a little. She looked at the little monk and whispered, "You must answer whatever I ask you in a moment. Don't say anything more, and don't call for anyone. Otherwise, I will kill you. Do you understand?"

The little monk's eyes darted around, and he nodded hastily.

Liuli dispersed the white spiritual energy that had sealed the little monk's mouth and asked in a low voice, "Tell me, where is the little monk Shichan?"

The young monk looked at Liuli in fear and answered in a trembling voice, "In...in the Buddha Hall."

"The Buddhist hall?" Liuli wasn't quite sure what a Buddhist hall was, but she knew it definitely wasn't a place to sleep. She frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Shouldn't everyone be sleeping in their rooms at this time? Why is Shichan in the Buddhist hall?"

The young monk replied in a low voice, "I heard... I heard that Master Shi Chan seems to have made a mistake, and the abbot punished him by making him face the wall in the Buddha Hall."

Over the years, most of the disciples of Shi Chan's generation have taken on their own disciples, becoming the younger generation of disciples with the character "Ming" in their names. Therefore, although Shi Chan is young and has not taken on any disciples due to his long years of traveling at the foot of the mountain, he is of high seniority, and many people in Bodhi Temple have to call him "Uncle-Master".

"That annoying abbot dared to punish a little monk, humph!" Liuli's face darkened, and she said coldly, "Tell me where the Buddhist hall is... Fine, take me there."

"Yes, yes!" the little monk nodded repeatedly.

Liuli recited an incantation, causing the Binding God Rope to climb upwards like a serpent, firmly binding the little monk's upper body while releasing his legs.

The young monk stumbled forward, and Liuli followed him through a winding path to the back of the meditation room. At Liuli's prompting, the young monk deliberately avoided all the patrolling Bodhi Temple disciples, and the two of them successfully reached the front of the Buddha hall.

Upon reaching this point, the black rope binding the little monk suddenly slipped off, and a section of the rope's end, brimming with spiritual energy, transformed into a stick that swiftly struck the back of the little monk's head, knocking him unconscious.

Liuli retracted the black rope, looked apologetically at the little monk on the ground, and said softly, "I'm sorry."

She turned around and looked at the Buddhist hall in front of her. She saw that there was still a faint light coming from inside. It was so late, had Shi Chan not gone to sleep yet?

She quietly climbed the steps and gently pushed the two closed doors. The doors were unlocked, and she easily pushed them open, making a creaking sound in the quiet night.

Who is it?

The voice of Shi Chan came from inside, as gentle as ever, but it was a little hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

Liuli's heart trembled. She had been thinking about Shichan nonstop, and now that she was about to see him, she felt a little nervous, like someone who was about to return home but was also feeling apprehensive.

She took a deep breath at the doorway and slowly walked forward.