The Prodigies War

The lotus seat was on the verge of being destroyed!

Mu Zheng’s eyes suddenly glowed with excitement. He vowed to himself that when the lotus seat crumbled, he would release Lin Xun’s soul from purgatory with all his power!

Only this could vent the feeling of shame in his heart.

He was an illustrious successor of the Earth Treasury Temple, but he let an outsider take the fortune left by his ancestor! Was that not shameful?

Who said that Buddhist practitioners had no temper?

In ancient times, it was said that the wrath of the Buddha sent the heavens vibrating three times!

However, his heart suddenly leaped to his throat, and his face dramatically changed. A feeling of imminent danger enveloped him.

But by the time he reacted, it was already one step too late. He only heard a loud bang and then a sharp pain shot through his head and he saw stars in his vision. Twitching violently, he almost collapsed onto the ground.

Fortunately, he practiced the Arhat Golden Body since he was a child. The deadly strike failed to knock him unconscious due to his incomparably strong physique.

But it did leave a big red and swollen bump on his shiny forehead, like a tall horn.

Mu Zheng immediately raged. How dare someone attack me from behind?!

Uncontrollable murderous intent rushed up his heart, but when he turned around to see the culprit, he froze for a moment. Buddha embryo?

But the black bird stared at him dumbfounded as if it did not expect the monk’s head to be so tough that the pot failed to knock him out.

“One will search high and low only to find it when one least expects to!” Immense joy replaced the anger.

He had almost forgotten his true purpose of coming because he had been too focused on seizing the bodhi tree just now. It was for the Buddha embryo!

“Little friend, it was all a misunderstanding. Now that you have shown up, please come with me,” Mu Zheng said aloud as he activated the inheritance power of the Earth Treasure Temple to communicate with the other party.

He believed that if the other party had awakened its spiritual intelligence, it would feel his sincerity.

Additionally, elders of the Earth Treasury Temple had once said that if the Buddha embryo descended upon the world, the power of the Great Earth Treasury Scripture would be enough to awaken its consciousness.

This was because this Buddha embryo was left by Saint Duji!

The black bird stared at the monk with narrowed eyes like it was looking at an idiot.

Mu Zheng frowned, finding something was wrong. Why does the Buddha embryo have a hooligan-like aura and seems like it is evil?

Drawing a deep breath, he patiently cast the power of the Earth Treasury Temple inheritance to communicate with the bird, attempting to guide it back onto the right path. “Little friend…”

“Go to hell!” cursed the black bird.

It seemed to have an irritable temper. It swung the iron pot at Mu Zheng once again.

Clang!

Caught off guard, Mu Zheng was struck in the forehead again. He saw stars fly around as he swayed side to side. Even his consciousness became a little fuzzy.

“How dare you be so rude to me?” he fumed with a livid face

The black bird spat before it spun the iron pot around in its hands like a street hooligan threatening people.

It madly sped forward and the pot started flying. “Rude? If it weren’t for you, baldy, how would I have been forced to awaken?”

Clang! Clang! Clang!

While shouting, the black bird repeatedly swung the iron pot, striking Mu Zheng again and again until he couldn’t withstand it anymore and collapsed to the ground, almost fainting from the pain.

The iron pot was crafted from some kind of mysterious iron, making it steel-hard. Additionally, it was covered with obscure dao runes so even if Mu Zheng was powerful, he was suppressed to the point that he couldn’t lift his head.

“Pah! I hate hypocritical bastards like you the most. Since you want to invite me as a guest, why did you try to use your strength to subdue me?

“Scream! Keep screaming! Even if you scream until your voice is hoarse, it’s no use!”

The black bird was indeed evil. Moreover, it had a lot of build-up anger that it wanted to release so it violently smashed the iron pot against Mu Zheng over and over again.

Even Lin Xun stared at it, completely dumbfounded. Is this…really a Buddha embryo?

At the same time, Mu Zheng roared with sorrow and indignation in his heart. How could that be a Buddha embryo? It’s just a violent hooligan!

In the end, Mu Zheng fell unconscious, but his face remained with a look of grief, resentment, and humiliation.

But the black bird seemed to not have enough. It stretched out its golden claws and lashed out with a kick to Mu Zheng’s body. Only then did it exhale a breath of turbid air and looked refreshed and satisfied.

“Oh, little brother, did I scare you just now? Don’t be afraid. I like to win people by kindness and don’t usually like to resort to violence.” The black bird carried the black pot on its back and then leisurely turned around to face Lin Xun with its head held high, looking very smug.

Lin Xun donned a strange look. The black bird’s appearance somewhat resembled the Dark Blood Black Phoenix, but it didn’t look like it in some parts. Additionally, the black pot on its back made its appearance very…unusual.

Moreover, it was very narcissistic and shameless. It acted like a hooligan seconds ago, yet it now denied it and even stated that it liked to win people with kindness! It was too shameless.

“I am going to leave first. If you want to continue playing here then go ahead. There’s no point in staying in this damn place anymore anyway…”

Before Lin Xun could open his mouth, the black bird stretched out its claws, lifted Mu Zheng off the ground, spread its wings, and whizzed into the distance.

“Wait!” Lin Xun cried out.

“Don’t bother me! You have already taken away the good fortune left by Old Man Duji! What else do you want?” grumbled the black bird.

Lin Xun’s expression tensed up. This black bird knows a lot of secrets!

Shua!

He went after him without any hesitation because the black bird acted very strangely. It knocked Mu Zheng unconscious instead of killing him and then it took him away with it.

Not only that, it seemed to have known about the fortune Lin Xun obtained from the bodhi root.

But what amazed Lin Xun the most was that the second that the black bird spread its wings, it seemed to have teleported across the void and vanished!

“What is that guy’s background?” Lin Xun found the black bird more and more extraordinary.

The first time he met it, it was in deep slumber within the black jade Buddhist altar. It was curled up like a divine fetus, its wings were folded and its body was bathed in strands of black divine flames intertwined with obscure dao runes.

At that time, Mu Zheng joined forces with four other successors of the Earth Treasury Temple to attempt to subdue it, but it still managed to escape effortlessly.

When it reappeared, it knocked Mu Zheng unconscious with brute force. It should be mentioned that Mu Zheng was a top cultivator with extraordinary combat skills, as demonstrated in his battle against Lin Xun.

Even so, the black bird suppressed him with a few simple moves, which was too unbelievable.

But what surprised Lin Xun the most was that it didn’t take action against him even though it knew that he had obtained the fortune. Instead, it just displayed a bit of irritation. Its behavior was too abnormal.

Who could it be?

……

The white jade lotus seat was breaking apart and on the verge of collapse. The restriction of Buddhist light was receding at an astonishing speed.

The mysterious ancient temple was silently changing.

Lin Xun’s eyes glazed over in a hypnotic trance as he stood there and thought back to everything he had experienced.

“Young Master Lin, are you okay?”

Not long after that, Miss Le and Luo Jia appeared, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Lin Xun looked to be in good condition.

“I’m fine.” Lin Xun shook his head, dispelling the distracting thoughts in his mind.

“Where’s Mu Zheng?” Miss Le glanced around.

“It’s complicated. I will tell you when we leave this place,” said Lin Xun.

“Okay.” Miss Le nodded.

But Luo Jia couldn’t bear it any longer. “Lin Xun, did you...”

Before she finished, Lin Xun nodded. “Fortunately, I did not lose my life.”

Luo Jia sighed out loud, and a rare relaxed look came to her beautiful face.

Without further delay, the three rushed out of the ancient temple.

The Buddhist light restriction here was fading, and without that layer of protective power, the ancient temple would soon disappear.

The entire ruins would sink and no longer exist in the world!

After all, it was a ruin that had existed since ancient times. Without the protection of the restriction power, it would definitely be destroyed.

As expected, as soon as they darted out, a burst of explosions shook the depths of the ancient temple.

Lin Xun couldn’t help turning his head around. The dilapidated ancient temple had become dull and dim like it lost its vitality.

“Let’s go.” Without any wavering, they returned the same way they came.

……

It wasn’t until their figures disappeared that a black bird appeared on the ancient temple building, its wings blazing like black flames.

“That guy withstood such a test. Could this be the heavens' will?” murmured the black bird.

It knew very well how terrifying the golden power sealed within the piece of bodhi root was. Even it did not dare to touch it because it was powerful enough to take the life of a Saint!

But Lin Xun survived, passed the test, and obtained the inheritance, astonishing the black bird.

The black bird snorted coldly, “Hmph! That should have belonged to me, but you took it. After I settle an affair, I will personally find you to settle accounts with you! If I’m not happy, hmph...”

Then, it turned its head, and its eyes which were as dark as eternal night peered into the depths of the ancient temple.

“You guys, you knew you were going to die, so why did you take that step? In the end, I am left alone to awaken in this life...”

Indescribable sorrow clouded its face, and its figure seemed exceptionally lonely and melancholic.

“Evil creature!” Mu Zheng forced his eyes open, but when he saw the black bird beside him, anger and hatred rushed up his heart.

Clang!

Without so much as a glance at him, the black bird deftly took out the black pot and swung it downwards. Mu Zheng felt a shot of pain in his forehead before his eyes rolled backward, and he fainted once again.

“That stubborn baldy! I rarely show real emotions, but you ruined everything with your loud voice,” spat out the black bird furiously, and then, it spread its wings and sped into the distance with the unconscious Mu Zheng.

“I don’t know whether it’s a good or bad thing to awaken early…But perhaps this is fate? It’s time to make a trip to the Earth Treasury Temple…”

Behind the black bird, the dilapidated ancient temple that had been standing since ancient times finally crumbled and disappeared in a tall upright mass of dust and smoke.

Not long after that, the world fell into silence. The ancient ruins opened up by supreme power also fell apart and dissipated like clouds.