Chapter 373

Chapter 373: Persuade With Reason? No, With Force
Zhu Qing’s brow twitched. She asked: “Bu Yan? You are that Bu Yan from Clarity Sound Temple?”

She had chosen to take a crooked path to fame by stepping on Clarity Sound Temple, so of course she had investigated Clarity Sound Temple’s situation in advance.

Besides the high monks of Clarity Sound Temple, among the disciples whose names all started with “Bu”, the ones she feared most were Bu You and Bu Yan.

Especially Bu Yan. She had heard that his mouth was even fouler than that of rogue cultivators rolling around in the Mortal World all day. People called him the bald donkey with the rotten mouth.

Was he not out training? How did he happen to rush back at this time?

Faced with her question, Bu Yan nodded slightly. His movements were calm and relaxed, completely unlike the rumors.

Zhu Qing very much wanted to go up herself to test Bu Yan’s strength, but the several Nascent Soul cultivators opposite all eyed her like tigers. She let go of that idea and instead nodded toward another white robed young woman at her side.

The white robed young woman understood at once. Her figure flashed, and she stepped onto the ring.

She said loudly: “Lu Li of the Heavenfire Divine Sect asks Senior Brother Bu Yan for your guidance.”

Lu Li was stunningly beautiful. Her voice was like a clear mountain spring, bright and gentle. At first sight, people could not help but feel goodwill toward her.

Long Fei Fei curled her lip and whispered into Yu Zhao’s ear: “They want to use a honey trap.”

Yu Zhao did not care.

She could also tell why Zhu Qing had sent Lu Li up, but sadly Zhu Qing did not understand Bu Yan.

Back during the Cultivation World Grand Tournament, there had been a female cultivator as beautiful as a flower named Yao Ji. She had countless admirers at her skirt and relied on her looks to bully others. When she clashed with Bu Yan, she was scolded by him until she did not know which way was north.

In Bu Yan’s eyes, there was no difference between beauty and ugliness.

He never judged people by their looks, so Zhu Qing’s plan was doomed to fail.

Under everyone’s gaze, Bu Yan walked onto the ring at an unhurried pace.

He pressed his palms together and said in a low voice: “Amitabha Buddha.”

Bu Yan’s voice was low and rich, like the bell of an ancient temple. It carried deep compassion and peace, making people unconsciously calm down inside.

Lu Li, who faced him directly, felt it the most. She even dazed for a moment.

But in that instant, a dark shadow fell over her head.

Lu Li snapped back to herself and looked up, only to see a wooden pole as thick as a man’s arms falling from the sky.

Her reaction was extremely fast. She formed a hand seal with both hands and shouted in a low voice: “With the sect master above, please lend me Heavenfire.”

“Heavenfire Body Shield!”

At once, an extremely powerful fire spiritual power burst out from her body. Brilliant flames spread out, and a wave of scorching heat surged toward them.

She seemed to be wearing armor made of fire and was unstoppable.

Zhu Qing and the followers of the Heavenfire Divine Sect were overjoyed. Pride spread across their faces.

With the Heavenfire Body Shield, Lu Li would be unbeatable.

However, the wooden staff over Lu Li’s head did not slow down. Instead, its attack suddenly sped up and actually broke through the Heavenfire barrier, heading straight for her head.

Lu Li’s pupils shrank. She dodged to the right at once.

Then there was a loud bang.

The wooden staff struck Lu Li’s left shoulder.

Lu Li gave a muffled groan. Her legs went weak, and she fell straight to her knees.

Before she could react, wooden staffs rained down like a storm.

Lu Li could only endure a few hits before curling into a ball from the pain, screaming again and again.

The Heavenfire burning on her body still blazed, but it could not hurt her attacker at all. It looked like a joke, ridiculously funny.

Everyone was silent.

Long Fei Fei swallowed with difficulty and only found her voice after a long moment: “Baldy… has Bu Yan always been that fierce?”

She had thought Bu Yan went up to convince people with reason.

Who would have thought he used force instead.

He used his wooden fish mallet as a weapon, swinging it like a fierce tiger, shockingly brutal.

Yu Zhao’s face was calm as she said: “This is already the restrained version of him.”

Back when she had just met Bu Yan, at this moment he would definitely have been cursing while he hit, never shutting his mouth.

At least now he only used his hands and not his mouth. That was progress.

Long Fei Fei gave a dry laugh. [Hehe, so this is how Bu Yan got his nickname.]

Across from them, Zhu Qing’s face was ashen.

She had already tried to overestimate Bu Yan, yet she found that he was even harder to deal with than she had imagined.

What was even trickier was that the Heavenfire which had left the cultivators of Boran City helpless had no effect on him at all.

With him here, her plan could not go on.

A strong killing intent flashed in Zhu Qing’s eyes.

She said coldly: “We admit defeat.”

After saying that, she waited for Bu Yan to stop so she could throw out a few harsh words.

But Bu Yan acted as if he had not heard her at all. His wooden fish mallet kept falling, blow after blow. She was so angry she could die and shouted: “Stop right now!”

She waved her hand and sent three streaks of spiritual light at him.

Each move was vicious.

Yu Zhao, Long Fei Fei, and Hua Tu all moved at the same time.

Bang, bang, bang!

The spiritual light shattered.

Zhu Qing could not help taking a step back.

On the ring, Bu Yan finally stopped too. The wooden fish mallet in his hand returned to its normal size, and he slipped it back into his sleeve.

He said: “Ah, ah, what a sin, what a sin.”

Looking at Lu Li’s bruised and swollen face, he seemed startled and apologized again and again.

Zhu Qing’s face twisted for a moment, but she could not vent her anger. She waved at the people beside her, and someone stepped forward at once to carry Lu Li down from the ring.

Then she forced a smile and said: “Clarity Sound Temple truly deserves to be the head of the Buddhist Order. I am ashamed of my inferiority and will take my leave now.”

With Bu Yan and his companions here, staying would only humiliate her further, so Zhu Qing got ready to leave at once.

The cultivators of Boran City were not happy when they heard this.

Someone shouted: “What do you think Boran City is? You come when you want and leave when you want?”

Another yelled: “Right, you hurt our people and now want to pat your butts and leave! It is not that easy!”

People chanted together: “Apologize! Apologize! Apologize!”

Zhu Qing could still see the big picture. She knew the most important thing was to leave as soon as possible, not fight over a moment of pride.

She not only bowed humbly and apologized to everyone, but also paid out a large sum of spirit stones in compensation.

This series of moves cooled everyone’s anger.

Zhu Qing turned back again and gave Bu Yan on the ring a meaningful glance, then quickly withdrew with the followers of the Heavenfire Divine Sect.

Si Tu Xuan watched their backs with cold eyes and said in an icy voice: “We are just letting them go like this. That is too cheap for them.”

Long Fei Fei said: “Not necessarily.”

She gave a sly laugh, brought out the hand she had been holding behind her back, tossed up a storage pouch embroidered with flame patterns, and caught it steadily.

Hua Tu’s eyes widened as he asked: “When did you take that?”

Long Fei Fei had been standing beside him the whole time. He had not seen her make a move at all.

Long Fei Fei smiled smugly and said: “If you could notice, how would I keep doing this line of work?”

Hua Tu choked on his words and quickly hugged his relaxed arms tight again. He would defend his collection of rare storybooks with his life.

Bu Yan walked down from the ring. Looking at the flame embroidery on the storage pouch, he frowned slightly.

The Heavenfire Divine Sect’s background was unclear. With Long Fei Fei stealing from them, it could very well bring trouble down on her head.

Long Fei Fei made a face at Bu Yan and said: “Hey, hey, hey, Monk Bu Yan, you are looking down on me too much! I am not even afraid of North Dao Palace. Why would I fear some crooked side sect? If they have the guts, they can come find me!”

Bu Yan could not say anything more. In fact, he had no time to talk to Long Fei Fei.

The excited cultivators of Boran City once again surrounded him in the center, showering him with praise as if it cost nothing.

It was the first time Bu Yan had enjoyed such treatment of being the center of attention in Boran City, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly.