The stark contrast in their behavior was truly unbearable for Yan Qing to watch. Especially Chu Jiang, who was disguised as "Yue Qi," was now completely absorbed in the woman in red on the stone bed, frantically searching for something.
Unfortunately, the woman in red was completely naked, without any adornments, let alone any treasures.
Undeterred, Chu Jiang continued his attempt to turn the woman over and search her further when Yan Qing finally couldn't stand it any longer and stepped forward to stop him.
"Chu Jiang, calm down!" Yan Qing spread her arms, successfully stopping Chu Jiang from taking any further action.
The search was abruptly interrupted, and Chu Jiang's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. "Yan Qing, don't mistake my patience for indulgence! Get out of the way—"
"No way!" Before Yan Qing could speak, Xiao Tao rushed in front of her, pointed her little finger at Chu Jiang's face, and said angrily.
"Quickly, you ugly monster, get off Brother Yue Qi right now, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
Xiao Tao didn't care about his feelings; although her older brother was annoying, he was actually a nice person. However, from beginning to end, Xiao Tao knew that her older brother harbored an extremely sinister aura—and it turned out to be this person!
Chu Jiang narrowed his eyes, a sign that his storm was about to break.
"Get out of my way, don't make me say it again."
"I won't let them!" Xiao Tao retorted, getting excited. "They're afraid of you, but I'm not! You try me if you don't believe me!"
Strangely enough, after Yan Qing watched Xiao Tao utter those harsh words, Chu Jiang managed to suppress his anger. The two were currently at a stalemate, neither willing to give in, yet neither daring to make the first move.
“Amitabha—Benefactor Chu, I have said this hundreds of times before, Benefactor Qingqing has long since disappeared completely. She was merely one of the reincarnations of the original Heavenly Soul. Now that the Heavenly Soul has already had a new reincarnation, why do you still insist on dwelling on the past?”
An elderly monk clasped his hands together, turned back to the stone bed, and performed a solemn Buddhist salute to the sleeping woman in red.
"Greetings, benefactor. I am the 300th generation successor of Famen Temple. During the chaos of the Five Barbarian Invasions, Buddhist disciples suffered a bloodbath, almost all of them perished. If it weren't for your single-handed efforts to save over three hundred of my disciples and to establish Famen Temple for us in the deep mountains, we would not be where we are today. The Buddhist lineage of Famen Temple was bestowed upon us by your own hand, and for over a thousand years, we have always kept in mind the maxim you left behind—'The sea of suffering is boundless, and I am willing to cross it with my own body.'"
This—Yan Qing never expected that this old monk would have such a connection with the woman in red!
The old monk was still talking.
"Back then, you received guidance from the Buddhist master, the Eight Heavenly Dragons and Yakshas King, and knew that your existence would bring an eternal calamity to this world. For this reason, you forcibly separated your celestial soul and entered the cycle of reincarnation. At the same time, you built this Seven Star Pagoda to suppress yourself for eternity. Your sacrifice brought a thousand years of peace. I know that you should be satisfied with this result."
“But—” He changed the subject, his tone suddenly becoming heavy.
"The common people have a heart, but changes can happen unexpectedly. Not long after, a certain evil being suppressed by the Nine Hells suddenly escaped, and unintentionally, it learned of your existence. That being, who called himself the Cave God, in order to escape the suppression of the Nine Hells forever, actually wanted to send someone to break into the Seven Star Tower, to borrow your bloodline, to achieve his own Golden Rank Title of Strange Being, and to trigger the arrival of the Apocalyptic Rules of the Strange World, from which no one would dare to oppose him. — After Famen Temple learned of this, the elders, along with more than ten others including this humble monk, sacrificed themselves in the Seven Star Tower two hundred years ago today, just to exchange for that one chance to become a Golden Rank Title of Strange Being."
The old monk's eyes gradually welled up with tears. "Yes, out of more than ten people, only I succeeded. But at the same time, I have also completely embarked on a path of no return—there is no gate to hell. If we do not enter this place, how can we save others? Amitabha, I am now deeply sinful, but I still have no regrets."
The old monk's confession left everyone speechless. Even Chu Jiang was completely stunned. He could hardly believe it.
"Old ghost, what exactly do you mean? You were the one who lured me in first! And you were the one who warned me beforehand that the cave god was haunted. If not for that, how could I have ended up like this?!"
The elderly monk straightened his body, his entire being suddenly imbued with an aura of dignified inviolability, and answered, word by word.
"Benefactor Chu, I did scheme against you back then, but I also gave you a warning. The Cave God will never let Qingqing go. To achieve his extraordinary body, he needs to rely on the extraordinary bloodlines of other Gold-Rank titles, preferably with his own bloodline as well. The Cave God has been planning this for over a thousand years. You still don't understand why the Eighteen Villages are protected by the Buddhist powerhouse Yaksha King?"
Yan Qing's expression hardened. She finally understood that the reason why the Eighteen Villages were protected by the gods was because they were the only bloodline of the woman in red left in the world.
The reason why the Cave God chose the women of this place as the generations of Fallen Flower Cave Maidens is ultimately because of the blood flowing in their veins. The offspring born from the union of this bloodline with himself are natural blood sacrifice objects, helping him to escape and become the pawns for achieving the strange body of the Gold Rank title.
However, he ultimately failed. The reason for his failure was the sudden intrusion of Chu Jiang.
Yan Qing had a bold guess: the reason why the old monk Yi Jing chose Chu Jiang might be because he was not a complete soul. Even if he achieved the strange body of the Gold Rank title, he would still have a way to control the other party.
Chu Jiang looked at the old monk as if he were looking at a dead man.
"Unbelievable! The Cave God's thousand-year plan has been defeated by you bunch of bald monks! I'm dying of laughter—hahahahaha—!!"
He suddenly burst into laughter, seemingly losing his mind.
Xiao Tao instinctively pulled Yan Qing aside, and the two silently took a step back, distancing themselves from Chu Jiang.
Just as she secretly moved closer to an elderly monk, Chu Jiang, who had been laughing loudly, suddenly had his arm grow to an exaggerated length and quickly reached out to grab Xiao Tao.
"presumptuous!"
The old monk shook his staff, and in the next moment it flew straight towards Xiao Tao. A wisp of hazy red light appeared, protecting Xiao Tao inside.
"ah--!!"
Yan Qing screamed uncontrollably, her body flying rapidly toward Chu Jiang's side.
It turns out that Chu Jiang's goal from beginning to end was only her!
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