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Chapter 234 - 172: Evil Suppressing Magic Eye

Chapter 234: Chapter 172: Evil Suppressing Magic Eye

Buddha Light Elder widened his eyes incredulously as he looked at Lin Xing, "...This is the Ninety-nine generations of Tianyang Saint Body."

The next moment, a hint of joy emerged on his face, "Have you finally returned?"

However, he seemed to remember something immediately after, quickly reining in his exaggerated expression and standing up straight once again.

Lin Xing frowned, full of confusion, "What did you just mean by that?"

The Buddha Light Elder’s face had regained its composure and he spoke softly to Lin Xing, "I understand, I understand everything. You must be wanting to revisit Da Guangming Temple to see what it has become now, right?"

"Don’t worry, I won’t reveal your identity."

After saying that, he coughed once and said earnestly, "Both of you should also come in and offer prayers."

As he watched the Buddha Light Elder turn to leave, Lin Xing was filled with confusion, "What does this person mean? What did he discern from me?"

Bai Yiyi snorted, "This old man is obviously blind and fails to recognize the true, what could he possibly see? He’s just pretending to be mysterious and speaking nonsense. Why bother with him?"

Dong’er reminded from the side, "This one is the Buddha Eye Arhat, said to be able to see through a person’s past and present life under his Dharma Eye."

After hearing this, Bai Yiyi still looked disdainful in her eyes and thought to herself, "Even the extraordinary nature of my ancestor he could not discern; Da Guangming Temple has really declined."

She whispered into Zhao Wanxi’s ear at her side, "Remember to cut that part out later when we get back."

On the other side, the Evil-cutting Sect Master, Zhou Tian Sect Elder, Fairy Yunxiao, Luo Wengao, and others had also witnessed the Buddha Light Elder approaching Lin Xing, Bai Yiyi, and Zhao Wanxi, including the moment when the elder suddenly fell to his knees.

Due to being behind the elder, most of them failed to see the changes in his expression.

Even so, the sight of the elder suddenly kneeling down had engendered great confusion among them.

Could his legs have given out suddenly? Was that possible?

But if it truly was a sign of respect, what made these three so special?

Amid the crowd’s puzzled and curious gazes, Lin Xing and the others followed the Buddha Light Elder towards the temple.

Luo Wengao and his companions quickly huddled together and pulled out their silver.

After they had gathered more than nine hundred taels, the Buddha Light Elder beckoned three more people over — Luo Wengao and two martial artists, one fat and one short.

Luo Wengao was shocked to realize that he and these two martial artists had been the ones invited by the Xingxiao Sect to unlock a secret cache.

As for the others who were kept outside, they were all those brought in to help.

Luo Wengao secretly thought, "Could the Xingxiao Sect Leader’s foresight be so powerful that even this current situation was within his calculations?"

Watching Luo Wengao follow the Buddha Light Elder with his two companions, the residents of Chuanfu City lying in the square waiting to be recruited all looked displeased.

"Damn it, this Buddha-thief is paying to offer prayers."

"I’ve been hungry for two days, all because of these Buddha-thieves messing things up..."

"Alas, let’s just keep waiting."

As everyone entered the temple following the Buddha Light Elder and the statues, the temple gates thunderously closed behind them, as if separating two different worlds.

...

Following the Buddha Light Elder, the group observed the temple’s landscape.

Ever since stepping into the temple, Lin Xing felt a sudden surge of familiarity, as if he had been here before.

On the other side, the Evil-cutting Sect Master was also constantly surveying the scenery in all directions of the temple.

In his eyes flashed an indiscernible light, and the world seemed to reveal a different state beneath his Evil Suppressing Magic Eye.

One could see streaks of black qi rising from the Buddha statues.

The originally smiling Buddhas, now juxtaposed against the black qi, appeared extremely ferocious and sinister.

Watching this scene, the Evil-cutting Sect Master lamented, "Just a branch temple within Chuanfu City is already filled with such overwhelming evil. How many years has it been accumulating?"

"Xingxiao was right, Da Guangming Temple has indeed become a haven for filth; it’s time for my Evil-cutting Sect to purge it."

But glancing back at the others, he felt something peculiar, "So many people from different places and forces, with varying strengths; what is Xingxiao’s purpose in inviting them here?"

The next moment, his gaze became sharp and focused.

Under his Evil Suppressing Magic Eye, Zhao Wanxi’s whole body was already entwined and wrapped in black evil qi, making her entire appearance seem akin to a black figure.

"Such heavy evil qi."

With the Evil-cutting Sect Master’s years of experience wandering the martial world, he knew that no one was without evil qi within them.

Though the evil qi within these people was very subtle, it could not escape the Evil-cutting Sect Master’s Evil Suppressing Magic Eye.

Moreover, as people aged, the evil energy within their bodies would slowly accumulate, a bit more with each passing year.

Therefore, the Evil Suppressing Magic Eye would often be used to determine a person’s age.

And the practice of skills, the sublimation of training, often can’t escape the sculpting of time.

Thus, while the Evil Suppressing Magic Eye was used to estimate age, it was also often employed to assess the approximate strength of each individual.

Those of advanced age weren’t necessarily strong, but the young were often weak.

However... Zhao Wanxi, at this moment, presented a condition that was extremely rare in the view of the Evil Suppressing Magic Eye—a body engulfed in blackness.

Such a case, the Evil-cutting Sect Master had only encountered twice before in his lifetime.

The first was when he had managed, with great difficulty, to slay an evil spirit that had lived for several hundred years.

The second was the last time he encountered a master of the Evil Sect whose age was unknown.

Now, with Zhao Wanxi, this was the third time.

The Evil-cutting Sect Master thought with alarm, "Where did this ancient creature, who has lived for hundreds of years, spring from, to have accumulated such dense evil energy within?"

He recalled the scene where the Buddha Light Elder had prostrated himself before Lin Xing and the other two, a flicker of understanding crossing his mind, "Perhaps that old man was frightened by this ancient creature. Could it be they have met before?"

The Evil-cutting Sect Master then observed Lin Xing and Bai Yiyi beside Zhao Wanxi, "The man has too little evil energy, it looks like he’s not old. The woman, although she has more evil energy, doesn’t have much more."

"It seems these two must be either subordinates or disciples of that ancient creature."

At this moment, Zhao Wanxi had become the most dangerous person in the eyes of the Evil-cutting Sect Master.

Just then, a fragrant breeze wafted over.

Fairy Yunxiao had somehow come to stand beside the Evil-cutting Sect Master, looking at him with a bashful expression, "Taoist... Taoist master."

The face of the Evil-cutting Sect Master suddenly changed; he stepped back three paces in a defensive posture, cautiously gazing at Fairy Yunxiao.

He thought to himself, "I can’t have my hundred years of accumulated Primordial Yang Qi squandered on this old demoness from the Spirit Treasure Sect."

At this instant, in the eyes of the Evil-cutting Sect Master, Fairy Yunxiao was the second most dangerous person present.

Fairy Yunxiao spoke with a hint of helplessness, "Taoist master seems to have many misunderstandings about my Spirit Treasure Sect, may I have a chance to explain?"

Watching the Evil-cutting Sect Master quickly depart without turning his head, Fairy Yunxiao sighed and thought, "Didn’t Brother Xingxiao say that someone on this trip to Da Guangming Temple could resolve the trouble that’s upon me?"

"This Taoist could be the most powerful among us, could I have sought the wrong person?"

At the same time, Luo Wengao from Bishui Villa, along with two companions, one fat and one thin, had approached Lin Xing and the other two, inquiring what precisely the Buddha Light Elder had said to them.

Seeing Lin Xing repeatedly shake his head, Luo Wengao slightly frowned, "If Brother Tang doesn’t want to say, let it be, but why pretend ignorance?"

At that moment, the group had already arrived in front of the temple’s forehall.

A two-meter-tall Buddha statue had, at some point, taken its seat in a corner of the temple, as though melting into one with the many other Buddha statues.

Before even stepping into the great hall, a faint fragrance greeted them, and all the people present felt their minds grow comfortable and their bodies steadily relaxed just by the scent.

Within the resplendent grand hall, amidst the swirling incense mist, a Buddha statue over five meters tall with crossed hands sat serenely at the center, exuding a solemn and respectful aura.

Lin Xing, watching this scene, felt an increasingly strong sense of familiarity.

He felt as though he couldn’t remember, yet there was a familiar feeling as if he had descended into the grand hall countless times.

The Buddha Light Elder, looking toward the giant Buddha statue, slowly stated, "First, let us all pay our respects and see if we have a connection with Buddha. If the Buddha connection is insufficient, I’m afraid one cannot worship the Great Bright Buddha."

Everyone’s heart chilled, knowing this must again be some sort of test, one that surely contained criteria set by the Great Bright Buddha for selecting his worshippers.

Unfortunately, those present knew nothing of these selection criteria, and all they could do was to follow the Buddha Light Elder’s guidance in their worship.

"Infinite Light Buddha, whose radiance shines in all directions, whose Buddha lands are known to all..."

Under the Buddha Light Elder’s guidance, five burly men approached the Buddha statue, pressing their palms together and praying earnestly to the Great Bright Buddha.

As the Buddha Light Elder recited each line, the men followed suit, and in no time, the tense men began to relax, their faces even revealing a trace of tranquility.

At the same time, a book on a table in front of the statue turned its pages as if by an unseen wind, revealing a blank one.

The Buddha Light Elder said indifferently, "Write down your names, enter into the provisional believers’ registry."

Then they saw people, batch by batch of five, each person of the jianghu praying to the statue, and then starting to fill in their names in the provisional believers’ registry.

Whether it was Luo Wengao, the Evil-cutting Sect Master, the Zhou Tian Sect Elder, or Yun Xia Fairy, the entire process went without anomalies, just like any other day when Da Guangming Temple recruited temporary followers.

However, in the eyes of the Evil-cutting Sect Master, as each person worshipped, the evil energy within their bodies was continuously absorbed by the Buddha statue.

"So that’s how it is, the populace under the rule of Da Guangming Temple are so exceptional because all believers have the evil energy within them drawn away when they worship Buddha."

At the same time, the Buddha statue absorbing evil energy appeared to the Evil-cutting Sect Master more and more malevolent, and gazing into the abyss-like darkness within the statue’s belly, he felt before him was not any Buddha but an exceptionally powerful evil spirit.