The chanting sounded ethereal and dreamlike, as if it were resounding from the depths of one's soul, bringing a sense of tranquility and peace to the listener.
The chanting grew louder and louder. The two sides fighting in the Bodhi Temple stopped fighting one after another upon hearing the sound and gathered with their teammates, searching around for the direction from which the chanting was coming.
Upon hearing the chanting, Shi Chan retrieved the golden wheel and turned to look around, trying to find the source of the sound.
Li Molin had stopped what he was doing. He stepped back to Liuli's side and whispered, "Is another extraordinary treasure about to be born?"
Liuli nodded and said in a deep voice, "Judging from these signs, it must be a Buddhist treasure."
Li Molin looked coldly at Shi Chan and said, "Liuli, after I kill this monk, we will immediately go and seize the treasure."
"Enough, Young Master Li," Liu Li said calmly. "The rare treasure is more important."
Li Molin was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized that Liuli's hostility towards Shichan had already diminished considerably.
His face gradually darkened. Even if Shi Chan killed her, even if he blamed Shi Chan for all the hatred of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, such deep hatred was not enough for her to kill Shi Chan?
Thinking this, Li Molin asked directly, saying in a deep voice, "You still can't bear to kill him?"
“I…” Liuli paused, then her face darkened, and she said coldly, “I will kill him, I will kill him sooner or later! But I must seize the Buddhist treasure, I want to make those bald monks in Buddhism hate me to the extreme but be powerless to do anything about it!”
Having said that, she shouted, "Listen up, all you divine beasts, retreat!"
She gave Shi Chan a cold look, then turned to look at Li Molin, nodded in acknowledgment, and flew away first.
“Miss…” Shi Chan seemed to want to call out to Liu Li, but he didn’t know what to say after calling her. So he suddenly stopped and reached out his hand in the direction Liu Li had left, as if he wanted to grab something.
Li Molin's gaze toward Shi Chan was exceptionally cold. He turned his head and saw that Liu Li had already flown far away. He then turned back and shouted, "Listen up, Xuanjia Army! Retreat!"
The Xuanjia soldiers responded in unison. After collecting the corpses of their companions, the more than three hundred divine beast youths all took flight and followed Li Molin away.
The numerous Buddhist disciples in Bodhi Temple made no attempt to stop the Xuanjia Army and the divine beast youth from leaving. Under Shi Ning's orders, the Bodhi Temple disciples began to tally the casualties and collect the bodies of their comrades. Some disciples settled the 1,500 Buddhist disciples who had come to their rescue and invited the leaders of many Buddhist temples to Shi Ning's meditation room.
Ten leaders from Buddhist temples, including Jinyuan Temple and Pudu Nunnery, who came to help, sat with Shi Ning on prayer cushions in front of the Buddha shrine. Shi Ning first stood up and bowed deeply to the ten monks, sincerely saying, "Shi Ning thanks you all for coming to our rescue. Bodhi Temple will never forget such a great kindness and will surely repay it in the future!"
Ten monks and nuns stood up one after another to return the greeting, saying in unison, "Abbot Shi Ning, there's no need for you to be so polite."
"Please, everyone, have a seat." Shi Ning and the ten monks and nuns took their seats one after another. After he sat down, he asked with some doubt, "How did you know that my temple was in trouble, and why did you come here?"
Yuan Qing, the leader of the reinforcements from Jinyuan Temple, turned to look at everyone and then answered Shi Ning, "It is Liang Yihan. He came to my Jinyuan Temple late last night and asserted that demons would attack Bodhi Temple today, asking us to come to its aid. Our abbot, thinking it was better to be prepared, chose us disciples to come."
The remaining nine leaders of the Buddhist temple exchanged glances and said in unison, "We also received a message from Liang Yihan."
“Liang Yihan also came to my Pudu Temple late last night.”
"It was Liang Yihan who reminded me of this in the poor nunnery."
"..."
Shi Ning said thoughtfully, "So it was Liang Yihan. But how could he have known beforehand that the Demon Clan would attack my Bodhi Temple? Oh well, I'll have to thank him again this time."
“You have all come a long way and must be tired. Please rest for a while.” Shi Ning changed the subject and said, “I have already sent some disciples to find out where the chanting is coming from. I suspect it may be a sign of the birth of a Buddhist treasure. When the disciples return, we will go and seize it. We must get our hands on this Buddhist treasure and never let it fall into the hands of the evil fox or the demons again.”
"good."
The ten monks and nuns nodded and responded in unison.
The people in the meditation room fell silent one after another. As the room quieted down, the commotion outside could be clearly heard. It sounded like the disciples outside were discussing the demonic attack and how the Buddhist temples had been able to foresee it and arrive in time to save the Bodhi Temple, or they were discussing the chanting that had spread throughout the Central Plains. It sounded quite lively.
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