Chapter 179 - No Choice
Hua Wudao was confused. He cupped his fists and said, “Where did the Heaven Choice Temple get their confidence from to challenge the Evil Sky Pavilion?”
“Perhaps, they’re stupid and foolish,” Mingshi Yin replied.
The Heaven Choice Temple could not be compared to the Temple of Great Emptiness. This was especially true in recent years. There had not been a Buddhist grandmaster from the Heaven Choice Temple at all. They merely had a handful of Nascent Divinity Tribulation realm elites and were short of new blood. They were not in the same league as the Temple of Great Emptiness at all. As one of the four great Buddhist temples, the current Heaven Choice Temple was only a pale remnant of its glorious self. Moreover, the temple was showing signs of becoming a subsidiary temple of the Temple of Great Emptiness.
For this reason, Mingshi Yin could not understand why they were so confident as well. All he could think of was that they were stupid and foolish.
“Master, I’m willing to accompany Third Senior Brother to the Heaven Choice Temple and wipe out the bald donkeys there. We’ll show them that the Evil Sky Pavilion is not to be trifled with,” Mingshi Yin said indignantly.
Hua Wudao was speechless.
Duanmu Sheng brandished his Overlord Spear and said, “Eighth Junior Brother went there on orders, and he represents the Evil Sky Pavilion. Now that he’s in trouble, I can’t possibly sit back and do nothing as his senior brother. I’m willing to accompany Fourth Junior Brother there to grind the bald donkeys’ bones into dust!”
Hua Wudao was even more speechless.
Little Yuan’er gave him a thumbs-up and said, “Fourth Senior Brother, your helming is perfect! You’re a master at this!”
“Your knack for this is amazing, Junior Brother. You managed to keep the flying chariot this steady on your second try,” Duanmu Sheng praised.
Lu Zhou stroked his beard and glanced at Mingshi Yin. He said, “In that case, you’ll be the permanent helmsman from now on…”
Mingshi Yin was rendered speechless.
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Meanwhile.
At the Mountain Gate Hall of Heaven Choice Temple in Clear Source Mountain.
“Master! The Evil Sky Pavilion’s flying chariot is here!”
It was as though a rock had stirred up a thousand waves!
Wearing a kasaya with a staff in hand, the Heaven Choice Temple’s abbot lowered his prayer beads and stopped chanting the sutras. “Inform the disciples to greet our special guests.”
“Understood.”
Soon after, the bell on the mountain tolled and resounded across Clear Source Mountain.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
The sounds gathered the Heaven Choice Temple’s disciples outside the Hall of Great Strength.
Some of them wielded rods, and some of them came empty-handed. All of them wore monk robes.
A few monks in kasayas sauntered over.
The disciples looked up and exclaimed in wonder at the sight of the cloud-splitting chariot that was slowly making its way over toward them.
The Heaven Choice Temple did not possess such things.
At this moment, the abbot, Grandmaster Xu Jing, appeared on the steps of the Hall of Great Strength.
“Master!”
“Abbot!”
“Senior Brother Abbot!”
The monks were of different statuses, hence, they addressed the abbot differently, but they all greeted him in unison.
Xu Jing looked up and said, “Just as I expected.”
“Master, the Evil Sky Pavilion seems hostile… What do we do now?”
Xu Jing’s gaze swept across the four individuals before him and said, “Our visitor is the greatest villain in the world. Aside from Xu Sheng, Xu Fan, and Xu Hai, the others are to stay silent.”
The disciples nodded.
The cloud-splitting chariot was descending. The dense energy that flowed around the flying chariot amazed the disciples of the temple.
Without waiting for the flying chariot to stop completely, Xu Jing raised an arm and projected his voice with soundwaves, “Heaven Choice Temple’s abbot, Xu Jing, welcomes you, dear benefactors.” His voice was rich and penetrating. It reached the top of the flying chariot.
Mingshi Yin frowned and said, “Master, these bald donkeys are utter hypocrites! How dare they make fun of the Evil Sky Pavilion like that?” He felt the hypocrisy they were displaying now after kidnapping his Eighth Junior Brother and demanding an exorbitant price was nothing but a blatant taunt.
“I had no choice but to do this.”