AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 735 - 339 Balancing Saint Old Mo

Chapter 735: Chapter 339 Balancing Saint Old Mo

The eerie art teacher’s voice was light, carrying a sinister and evil breath, but the nearby few heard it loud and clear.

Lin Yi’s facial muscles tensed fiercely.

"What do you mean by ’just enjoying that’? Given the atmosphere at that time, don’t tell me how you are, even if the Pengzu Jade Maiden Picture materialized I couldn’t care to look at it!"

Although that’s what he thought inwardly, he didn’t say anything out loud.

Initially the Fanatic Leader’s attention was entirely on Old Mo, but upon hearing these words, his gaze shifted to Lin Yi standing beside Old Mo.

In the next moment, a fierce and terrifying glint surfaced in his eyes: "You! Hey, you dare bring someone with an ’Identity Credential’ here?!"

Faced with the Fanatic Leader’s interrogation, Old Mo’s expression remained calm: "Who I bring here is none of your business."

"You!" The Fanatic Leader was at a loss for words and didn’t argue with Old Mo there, "If you’re looking for death, don’t bring it to our doorstep! Our little temple can’t accommodate such a big Buddha like you!"

Upon hearing this, Old Mo’s doom-and-gloom face smiled dryly: "Then I’ll be leaving..."

"You! Hey, wait, don’t go just yet!" The Fanatic Leader gritted his teeth, then pointing at Lin Yi’s nose he said, "Everything as usual, but this guy... you need to take care of him personally, once past this place whether he’s dead or alive is not our responsibility."

"I didn’t need you to be responsible in the first place." Old Mo scoffed coldly.

"That... Boss..." the zealot being held by Old Mo croaked, "You guys finish your chat... Can you let go of me first..."

The Fanatic Leader looked towards Old Mo.

Old Mo loosened his grip slightly, and the zealot crumpled to the ground like melting, gasping for air as though he was soaked in sweat.

The Fanatic Leader kicked the gasping fanatic signaling with his eyes: "Go tell everyone to stop their hands, stop carving for now."

"Everyone?" A playful smirk lifted on the corner of Old Mo’s mouth, "Seems like you’ve caused some trouble again."

The Fanatic Leader immediately jumped slightly: "What trouble, what trouble damn it! This is all an undeserved calamity, an undeserved calamity, do you get it?!"

Old Mo dug his ear: "Understand, I understand... It’s all the disaster I brought."

The Fanatic Leader’s eyes rolled quickly, immediately catching on, then clasped his hands together, a sycophantic smile appearing on his somewhat twisted and terrifying face: "Hehe... not entirely, not entirely..."

Old Mo said, "Make it quick, I’m pressed for time."

"Okay okay okay... just give me a moment!" The Fanatic Leader replied, instructing the eerie art teacher to "look after" Old Mo and Lin Yi, then he immediately turned with another fanatic and disappeared into the mist.

Watching the Fanatic Leader disappear into the fog, confusion deepened in Lin Yi’s eyes. So, he leaned towards Old Mo and whispered, "Old Mo... what’s going on?"

Old Mo chuckled: "Ever watched ’Journey to the West’?"

"Uh?"

"You know about Monkey Sun causing havoc in Heaven Palace?"

"Uh...?"

"Monkey Sun wreaking havoc in the Underworld, altered the Book of Life and Death; made a mess in Heaven Palace, ate Lord’s Immortal Pill, stole peachs and drank Jade Dew..."

"Uh... what does this have to do with it?"

Old Mo calmly said: "How do you know King Yan’s Book of Life and Death isn’t problematic? Lord’s Immortal Pill hasn’t been tampered with? The count of peaches in Immortal Peach Orchard matches up? The Jade Dew diluted?"

"Eh, uh—?!" Lin Yi seemed to understand something.

"If your boss wants an annual audit, and you have a bunch of bad debts, and suddenly Monkey Sun jumps out to clear all those debts for you, and you can blame all issues on him... tell me, isn’t that like having a new set of parents?"

"Of course, although this sounds like a joking interpretation, think about it—after causing havoc in Heaven, whenever the monkey ascended, wouldn’t all the gods respectfully greet him with ’Great Saint’?"

"So, Old Mo, you are..." Lin Yi was astounded.

Old Mo smiled placidly: "In the school area, you can call me Chef, but past the Safe Boundary, many more fanatics like to call me ’Great Saint’—there once was a Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, now there is a Balancing Saint."

"Otherwise, what do you think? Me, a chef, standing in opposition to fanatics at the school area, why would I come here?"

"This..." Lin Yi’s mind was spinning, "You mean... they need you, so they let you come?"

"What else?" Old Mo continued, "But, this is an ’old tradition’... Every area has some shady dealings off the record, school area included."

"If the ’secret signal’ hadn’t matched, coming here alone would just get you mobbed."

Lin Yi immediately recalled the unfortunate Mountain Man...

"What’s the secret signal?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

Old Mo patted the pig-killing knife hanging at his waist: "This is the secret signal."

Lin Yi blushed: "You don’t have a character ’De’ etched on your knife, do you?"

"Not at all... ’Using virtue to convince people’ is the motto of the sports department." Old Mo mentioned, "Us chefs always adhere to ’When in Rome, do as the Romans do.’"

"Huh... Balancing also counts as a custom?"

"Do good deeds daily, to each their own needs!" Old Mo patted Lin Yi’s shoulder, "If you want to get by in the school area, having skills is not enough, you need connections too."