The little black charcoal monk pulled Xuanmiao and turned to leave, but where should they go?

Xuanmiao's attention was still focused on the small golden stream from before. It seemed like the crystallization of time and energy, which made him fall into deep thought, wondering what use they had. This was his habit, he wanted to explore everything he saw, but the little black charcoal monk seemed very anxious.

"Lingtian, what are you doing?"

The little black charcoal monk insisted again and again, causing Xuanmiao to ask about his doubts, but he said anxiously:

"Master's Five Elements Candle has gone out. I must hurry back to keep it."

There were several thousand people in Tanghua Temple, including many young monks. Lingtian was afraid that his master's candle would be snatched away, so he hurriedly picked up the lantern and ran back. But what about Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu? Xuanmiao glanced at them, at a loss, and followed them, but left a sentence.

"Take care of yourself."

If a high-ranking monk, or an abbot of the same level as the vice-president, had said this, Xia Xiao would definitely have fallen into deep thought. However, the young monk's words only made Xia Xiao smile slightly, and he continued to move forward in this chaotic world, pulling Ah Zhu.

One arm raised up, it became a bright torch. Xia Xiao looked ahead, not knowing what he would encounter, but he was sure that those stubborn guys in Tanghua Temple would not give up so easily.

"Are they kidding me?"

After thinking about it for a long time, Ah Zhu still didn't understand why the two monks came, but they were like two naughty children. After achieving their goal, they disappeared into the night with a puff of smoke. The light of the lanterns was completely covered, leaving nothing behind. Their torches were floating in the night, but they were going in a different direction.

Xia Xiao felt that the South China Sea was getting closer and closer, but he could not hear the sound of the waves, which made him feel anxious. The darkness covered his eyes, and Xia Xiao's steps became bigger and bigger, which made Ah Zhu want to scold him when he turned his head, but he saw Xia Xiao's strange expression under the firelight, as if he had something wrong but was holding it in his heart, so he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

What Xia Xiao was thinking about was definitely how to reach the south of the South China Sea, but who would be the one blocking him on the beach?

Ah Zhu felt Xia Xiao's mood, and his mood gradually became low, heavy and irritable. But soon, the sea breeze blew weakly in the darkness, without any vitality, only a strong smell of the sea, which made the two frown. Walking a distance further, there was the sound of waves, and the waves kept hitting the shore, making a rumbling sound like thunder, but when a figure appeared in the eyes of Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu, everything around them changed.

It was a thin figure, and even in the darkness, one could tell from a distance that he was wearing a wide robe. When he cast his gaze, a pair of eyes full of reproach seemed to penetrate the darkness and space, staring straight at Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu, causing them to tremble all over, with a very strong chill.

Before they knew it, the space around them had twisted to an extremely exaggerated degree. Xia Xiao and Azhu were unable to move, and the heaven and earth changed rapidly, becoming extremely white, without a single stain. This world was spotless and it was not an exaggeration at all.

Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu looked ahead. Not far away, on the cliff, stood an old monk. He had a scar on his head, wore a cassock, had beads hanging around his neck, and walked towards them with his hands folded. Although his appearance was the same as that of thousands of Buddhas, his face was deeply wrinkled as if it had been carved with a knife. He was extremely stubborn and stern, without any kindness at all.

"The abbot said we shouldn't care about your affairs, but you are such a big demon, it would seem incompetent of us to care about you. Tanghua Temple is an important place for all Buddhas, and it is also the checkpoint and gate of the Great Wilderness. If you are not a demon, you can go to the South China Sea at will. At most, you will die, and I will help you to be reborn. But since you have entered the path of demons, don't even think about traveling freely here."

"May I ask what is the monk's Dharma name?"

"Bai Lin."

Xia Xiao nodded slightly, his face calm, but the sweat on his forehead betrayed him. During this period, he had met powerful people from various forces, and this Master Bai Lin had a very high status in Tanghua Temple and was also very accomplished in cultivation. Even if Xia Xiao used all his skills, he would not have a chance of winning against him, but he had to go to the South China Sea.

If you do something for a long time, you will be like Xia Xiao, who has no reason to do it anymore, and just goes because he has to. He can't give up something he has been doing for so long suddenly.

"Master Bai Lin, I know how powerful you are. I have no intention of resisting you. I only beg you to let us pass."

Xia Xiao bowed deeply, and Ah Zhu was stunned, then followed suit. Ah Zhu was very curious, when did Xia Xiao become so obedient? But she was not afraid, because she didn't know how powerful Bai Lin was. Xia Xiao had heard about the latter's story of exorcising demons and monsters.

Facing a cultivator who could beat him, Xia Xiao would definitely use all his skills to defeat him and escape to the South China Sea. But Xia Xiao had no chance of winning against Master Bai Lin in front of him. Even if he had the scroll brought by Wang Ling, the talisman array in it was not cast by Sun Zhonglei, and he couldn't just charge forward while calling him an old dog without any preparation. If that happened, he would be the one who got beaten like a dog today. Xia Xiao didn't like to do such things, and he had to save his energy to deal with emergencies in the South China Sea.

From a certain perspective, Xia Xiao is the villain, who insists on doing things his own way, thinking he is doing something big, but so far he has accomplished nothing. And Master Bai Lin is just doing his job. Being stubborn is not a good thing, nor is it a shortcoming that is despised by others.

Master Bai Lin thought Xia Xiao's question was not worth answering, so he just walked forward slowly, creating a wave of air and rushed towards Xia Xiao. He felt it, but he didn't dodge, and was hit head-on, spitting out blood.

The iron pot fell to the ground, making a very crisp sound, but it was no longer funny. Azhu protected Xia Xiao behind him and looked at Master Bai Lin, his eyes filled with worry and pleading for mercy.

"Please, we don't have bad intentions."

"The female donor is an accomplice of the tiger. Do you know what the devil is?"

"I don't know, but he is Xia Xiao, not a demon. If he was, I would have died long ago."

"Demons not only kill people, they also control people's hearts and use them. You think you are helping them, but you don't know what they really want to do."

"I know! It's you who doesn't know, you haven't seen that woman!"

Ah Zhu didn't like others talking about Xia Xiao, so her tone was very aggressive, but Xia Xiao put a hand on her shoulder and pulled her behind him. Hiding behind a girl was not Xia Xiao's style. No matter what he did, he had to stand in front of Ah Zhu. The latter had done too much for him, and he couldn't let Ah Zhu get hurt again.

This thought has been in his mind for a long time, so Xia Xiao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand and said:

"Senior, I have heard that there is an ancient tree in Tanghua Temple. It has existed for a long time and can hear the words of the world. If you don't believe what I say, you can go and ask it."

"You really want to get rid of me and go to the South Sea?"

"This trip cannot be delayed."

"What if I don't let you?"

Master Bai Lin stopped, his face was like the most ferocious Buddha in the temple, his eyes were wide open with anger, Xia Xiao couldn't speak for a long time. The pressure he faced at this time was like a person who had done countless evil things and met the golden Buddha. For a moment, he was only ashamed and shocked.

Enduring the double blow of physical and psychological suffering, Xia Xiao said very seriously:

"Someone is controlling everything and trying to make a deal with me using the matter of the Spiritual Contract Ancestor. I haven't agreed yet. I want to figure it out myself."

"Can I understand that you are threatening me?"

"Master, you should be able to see it clearly."

Xia Xiao's expression was extremely urgent, and his anxiety could hardly be concealed in his words. This was the first time he hoped that the person in front of him would show mercy.

"I have the relic of Senior Xuyun in my body. Without it, I would have been defeated by the devil, but I have not killed innocent people along the way, nor have I absorbed the energy of others. If you are still worried, please leave some marks on me so that you can know my situation at any time. Please let me and Azhu go into the South China Sea. This trip is dangerous and we may not come back alive. If we die, it will be one thing you have in mind and save you from doing it yourself. If I live, please make plans. How do you think?"

"What the host said is correct. You are smooth-talking and courageous, but I am not prepared to let you go."

"Why do you know so much and stand so high up, but still don't understand what's going on?"

"I know, but a rat entering a snake cave cannot defeat the latter and will feed it. It is better to intercept it at the entrance of the cave. We know that the opponent has few, but things that should not be touched, once there is an exception, more people will be lucky. Those who challenge the rules will eventually be defeated by the rules."

"Can't it be changed?"

"That's what the people who make the rules should do!"

"Pedantic!"

Xia Xiao gritted his teeth and activated the wild pattern on his arm. Suddenly, the dark light shone everywhere, and half of the extreme of day and night turned into the dark left side of the original dragon beast, roaring in this pure world. Soon, the white world was splashed with black paint, which was no different from the night outside, and even darker. It was under that color that Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu broke through the space constraints and left this place.

Xia Xiao pulled Azhu and ran quickly, but a strong light shone and tore open the curtain of black light without any mercy.

"It seems you still have a lot of secrets."

"I'm sorry for making a fool of myself!"

Xia Xiao began to release his vitality, which shone in the darkness and went towards Master Bai Lin, but none of them could get close to him. The moment the enlightened monk, blessed by the Buddha's light, put his hands together, he entered another state. For Xia Xiao, that was invincible!

"Walk!"

Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu were ready to quickly pass by Master Bai Lin and plunge into the South China Sea outside the cliff. As long as they were in the sea, with Xiao Yu and the three big fish, plus the little narwhal, they could quickly escape. Although the chances were not particularly high, it was better than wasting time here.

Almost there!

Xia Xiao and Master Bai Lin were only two meters apart in an instant, and the latter's eyes were still black, as if a curtain had been drawn that had not yet been opened.

Boom——

Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu suddenly stopped where they were. There seemed to be a barrier in front of them, or a very thick wall. The strong impact made the two of them look painful. What made Xia Xiao even more nervous was the big hand coming towards him. This big hand was so huge that it could crush a person.