“Monk Yuanhui!” Yan Qing had finally figured it out. “Even if a high-ranking Buddhist monk becomes a ghost after death, he would be subdued by Buddhists immediately. How could he have traveled thousands of miles to become your subordinate? And why Famen Temple, of all places—”
"With the Venerable Monk Yi Jing here, Famen Temple, as the head of the Xuanmen sect, naturally has immense strength. In addition, regarding Venerable Monk Yi Jing, he seems to have the ability to travel freely between various dungeons. I dealt with him in the previous 'One Bow to Heaven and Earth' dungeon."
What Yan Qing didn't say was that, based on her observations, this old monk seemed to be at least a hundred or two hundred years old, just like the person in front of her.
Combining this with the information she had previously gleaned from the two strange pets, Yan Qing suddenly came up with a very bold hypothesis.
"You and that old monk are both legendary Golden Rank monsters, am I right?"
"Clap clap clap—"
A series of crisp clapping sounds rang out, and the next moment, Yan Qing's surroundings suddenly lit up.
She finally saw where she was; it was indeed inside that cave.
Chu Jiang stood side by side with her, and opposite them, on the edge of a cliff in the void, stood a huge bronze coffin.
The enormous blue dragon statue beneath the coffin has completely revealed its name.
"The Azure Dragon Carries the Coffin!" Yan Qing recognized it at a glance.
"How about that? Surprised?" Chu Jiang smiled, his eyes crinkling, and extended a hand towards her.
"Would you be interested in coming with me to experience it?"
Yan Qing wasn't fooled. "I haven't finished yet! Your hostility towards Yue Qi isn't just because he's the only lightning ability user among the next generation of Xuanmen, but also because you're afraid of his luck, right?"
Chu Jiang smiled without saying a word.
Yan Che pursed his lips and continued, "Yue Qi's physique is very special. He himself has very bad luck, but he always manages to turn the tide in desperate situations. Moreover, the stronger the opponent, the faster he grows."
"If I'm not mistaken, in the Azure Dragon Coffin Riding dungeon, you originally planned to finish him off directly, right? But for some reason, you just couldn't succeed, right?"
Yan Qing's speculation was based on their personal experiences, combined with their conjectures about the original novel. After all, in the original work, Yue Qi was a kind of nemesis of the supernatural world, and also its last salvation.
Therefore, she guessed that Yue Qi must have experienced many unexpected troubles in places she didn't know about, but he had resolved them one by one.
After saying that, she looked into Chu Jiang's eyes and asked, "Tell me, Chu Jiang, are you a ghost?"
Chu Jiang stared at her for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter.
Yan Qing stared dumbfounded as the other person laughed more and more heartily, until finally they were laughing so hard they could barely stand up straight. For a moment, she even doubted herself—could she have really guessed wrong?
“That’s right—” Chu Jiang suddenly straightened up at some point.
"That's right, you guessed correctly about my identity. As for Yue Qi, he is indeed already a dead man in the eyes of Famen Temple. — Poor thing, he doesn't seem to realize it yet. However—"
Chu Jiang stared intently into her eyes, making him feel a chill run down his spine.
"You've guessed wrong about my motives—from beginning to end, I harbored no hostility towards him; I even admired him somewhat. But what I cannot tolerate is you—Qingqing, he's in your eyes."
At this point, Chu Jiang's expression turned ruthless. "Therefore, he must die!"
Yan Qing felt her hand being forcibly grabbed, and then the other person dragged and pulled her back into the huge bronze coffin.
The enormous azure dragon statue suddenly came to life, carrying a bronze coffin, and flew towards the end of darkness, wagging its tail.
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At the foot of Cangyun Mountain, it was almost midnight.
"No, we can't continue like this!" Wen Jiajia stepped forward.
"It seems that we can't count on Yan Qing."
She was somewhat disappointed, but it seemed she still had to go herself. Fortunately, she had the system with her; although she couldn't forcibly leave this instance, she wasn't without the ability to protect herself.
Compared to her, Sun Ning and the other two seemed much more anxious. They truly had no other way to leave. They could only place all their hopes on Yue Qi.
Yue Qi had been standing by the protective shield, reaching out a hand to probe something.
Despite Wen Jiajia's boastful assurances, he has always believed more in himself.
As one of the most outstanding disciples of the Xuanmen sect, he also had considerable knowledge of formations.
The formation here is clearly not a very advanced one. On the contrary, it is actually very simple. The energy of the formation actually comes from the person who set it up, who built a so-called protective shield with his own formidable strength.
Therefore, it is very simple to break through; as long as you are stronger than your opponent, you can simply force your way through.
However, Chu Jiang is a Gold-rank titled Weird being. As a being who can control the rules in the world of strange tales, the power of a Gold-rank titled Weird being is something that he alone cannot contend with.
However, Yue Qi did not intend to give up so easily. The location of this formation was quite far from the central area of the Zhang family's old house at the bottom of the lake.
Moreover, based on his observation, this formation was not as sturdy as the two he had seen at the bottom of the lake. Furthermore, the energy of the entire formation was constantly leaking away, and he believed that it wouldn't be long before the formation here would completely collapse.
But unfortunately, what they lack most right now is time.
"It seems that there is only one way left now."
Yue Qi stood up, and a small nine-story pagoda had appeared in his hand without him noticing. It looked exactly like the Nine-Refined Jade Cloud Pagoda, the supreme Buddhist treasure that Monk Yuanhui had been collecting during the Azure Dragon Coffin Riding.
The moment this object appeared, Wen Jiajia couldn't sit still any longer. She pointed at the pagoda in Yue Qi's hand in disbelief, her voice trembling slightly.
"You, you, you—how did this thing end up in your hands?!" Wasn't this thing supposed to have returned to Famen Temple long ago? How did it end up in Yue Qi's hands again?
Yue Qi smiled, offered no explanation, and simply pushed the small tower forward from his hand.
Go ahead—
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