Chapter 379

Chapter 379: Master, I Am Willing to Join the Buddhist Order!
In fact, before coming, the sect master had already prepared himself to return empty-handed.

After all, Chaozong Gorge was too close to Clarity Sound Temple. He had no confidence that he could snatch this chance from a group of big monks.

But if he did not come at least once, he could not accept it.

Yet he had never imagined that a single big monk would be so hard to deal with.

The wooden stick in that monk’s hand looked very ordinary, but it could cut through all obstacles. Even the Otherworldly Flame he had painstakingly refined could not damage it, leaving him at a disadvantage at every turn.

[As long as I live, I will have another chance.]

He immediately decided to leave. With a single thought, the sea of fire around him turned in an instant into a Fire Dragon that coiled beneath his feet.

He stood on the Fire Dragon’s head and shouted: “Big monk, you are lucky today. Next time I will never let you go!”

With that, he controlled the flying dragon and was about to leave.

Master Jie Chen was still hesitating over whether he should simply throw the Wooden Fish Mallet at him or personally drag him down when a violent gale suddenly rose from the bottom of Chaozong Gorge.

Strangely, the windstorm went around Yu Zhao, who was in the gorge, and rushed straight toward the sect master in the air.

The sect master calmly pointed a finger.

The flames rolled and immediately formed a second Fire Dragon, blocking the gale’s path.

Yet before the two even collided, the Fire Dragon let out a mournful wail and exploded with a boom into countless sparks.

Only then did the sect master realize something was wrong. He frantically poured Spirit Power into the Fire Dragon.

“Go!”

The Fire Dragon whipped its tail and shot straight up into the sky.

Pa pa pa!

Down below, Hua Tu was so anxious that his own tail was lashing wildly.

The old ox behind him was whipped several times by his tail. Angry but not daring to complain, it simply lowered its head and poked at him with the tip of its horn.

Master Jie Chen slowly straightened his not-very-messy monk robe, handed the Wooden Fish Mallet back to Bu Yan, and pressed his palms together in a Buddhist salute.

He said softly: “Amitabha Buddha. May you early ascend to the Pure Land of Bliss.”

Bu Yan’s expression did not change, but a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

[Does Master mean that the Sect Master of the Heavenly Fire Divine Sect will not escape this time?]

Sure enough, in the next moment, the gale crashed into the Fire Dragon in the sky at a shocking speed.

In an instant, the whole sky was dyed a bright red, and countless tongues of fire streaked across the heavens like shooting stars.

Under the scarlet light, a charred human figure fell rapidly from the sky.

However, the gale did not fade. After howling once around the sky, it rushed toward the black figure again.

The violent wind roared between heaven and earth. Everyone felt stinging pain all over, as if even the flesh on their bodies was about to be stripped away.

The sect master, who was inside it, felt it even more clearly.

He did not understand why this gale seemed to have a grudge against him, chasing only after him. When he thought of that pain just now, like his very soul being pierced by thousands of steel needles, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

What scared him even more was that the gale had caught up again and was getting closer and closer!

[Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!]

[Why did all the bad things have to pile up on this one day!]

He could only complain in his heart and then had to focus all his mind on how to escape the gale.

[If I had known, I would have brought a few of the grand priests from the sect so I could at least use them to stall for time!]

At this moment, a dense pain spread across his back again, and blood gushed out madly.

The sect master clenched his teeth, and a ruthless look appeared in his eyes.

To stay alive, he could only abandon this body.

He shouted: “Soul Out-of-Body!”

A red light wrapped around a fist-sized phantom shot out and, in the blink of an eye, appeared outside Chaozong Gorge.

Then it slipped into the void and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Fire Divine Sect’s physical body was swept into the gale, ground into dust, and scattered with the wind.

Master Jie Chen let out a soft sound of surprise.

He had not expected the other party to be so decisive, willing to abandon his flesh. In that way, the man had barely escaped with his life.

“Forget it, forget it. So is karma, and so is the web of causes and conditions,” he thought.

As for the karma between that man and Clarity Sound Temple, they would have to resolve it themselves.

He called out: “Bu Yan.”

“Disciple is here.”

“Send word back to the temple and have them send more people.”

“Yes.”

Master Jie Chen had seen a fierce battle as soon as he arrived. Thinking of the endless stream of cultivators who would be rushing to Chaozong Gorge next, a trace of worry touched his compassionate brows.

Just then, something occurred to him. He turned to look at Xue Tong Zi and the others, who were shivering in a corner.

Elder Oblivion’s heart gave a violent thump, and he dropped to his knees with a plop: “Master, I am willing to join the Buddhist Order!”

Xue Tong Zi and the others were shocked. They glared fiercely at Elder Oblivion, then all knelt down together.

They said in unison: “Master, we are also willing to join the Buddhist Order.”

Master Jie Chen smiled faintly and shook his head: “Entering the Buddhist gate also requires the right karma. Your six senses are not yet pure. You are not the destined ones for my Buddhist Order.”

The Nascent Soul Old Fiends all secretly let out a breath of relief, but when they came back to their senses, they felt a bit strange.

[Did Master Jie Chen just look down on them?]

In the cultivation world, they might not be at the very peak, but they were at least Nascent Soul ancestors that everyone feared.

[So why did they seem worthless in Master Jie Chen’s eyes?]

[They had even offered themselves and still been rejected.]

[How embarrassing!]

Luckily, there were not many people present right now. The news probably would not spread…

Elder Oblivion had just comforted himself this way in his heart when he looked up and met countless bright eyes.

Among them was a pair that was especially bright and clear. It seemed as if his figure was reflected in those golden pupils.

Elder Oblivion’s face stiffened, but he quickly comforted himself again in his heart.

[It is fine, it is fine, they are just a bunch of Demonic Beasts.]

[Even if they knew, at most it would spread among Demonic Beasts. It would not affect his reputation among cultivators.]

After indirectly expressing his disdain, Master Jie Chen immediately assigned tasks to the Nascent Soul Old Fiends.

When the large group that followed arrived, they saw a very strange scene.

A Nascent Soul Old Fiend was leading a string of novice monks, standing at the crossroads to keep order. Anyone who dared speak loudly or shove others was immediately pulled out and kicked out of the line.

The newcomers did not understand what was going on, but they feared the force of a Nascent Soul ancestor, so they could only line up obediently and enter Chaozong Gorge.

There were also Nascent Soul Old Fiends who arrived at Chaozong Gorge and were not afraid of Xue Tong Zi and the others on duty. They even mocked them with sharp words.

Xue Tong Zi and the others did not argue back. They calmly watched them enter Chaozong Gorge.

Not long after, those same proud few came out again, each leading a string of Little Monks, their heads drooping.

Xue Tong Zi and the others immediately showed gloating smiles.

Thanks to the monks of Clarity Sound Temple working hard to maintain order, Chaozong Gorge was still fairly calm for the time being.

On the other side, however, the Demon Race was in complete chaos.

Their hearing was better than that of cultivators, their reactions were sharper, and news spread among them even faster.

In less than half a day, every well-known Demonic Beast in the Demon Race had heard that a Dragon Roar had sounded in Chaozong Gorge.

Bai Ling was extremely excited: “It is the Bixi Dragon-Tortoise! It must be the Bixi Dragon-Tortoise! He is in Chaozong Gorge!”

Only the heavens knew how Bai Ling had gotten through this period of time.

Now that he had finally received news of the Bixi Dragon-Tortoise, he almost burst into tears from joy. He set out for Chaozong Gorge at once, even forgetting to inform Nine-Tails.

As for Nine-Tails, as soon as she got the news, she rushed to Spirit Mountain. When she did not see Bai Ling there, she knew that he must have gone on ahead.

She was not angry, because she knew better than anyone how much pressure Bai Ling was under.

She then also set out for Chaozong Gorge.