194: Master, don't shoot, we're on the same side

Ning Caichen wiped his sweat and fanned the grill with a fan, occasionally pinching a bit of cumin powder to sprinkle on the roasted meat.

“Smack!”

Ning Caichen’s head was hit.

Bai Lu’s scolding voice rang out: “Didn’t I just teach you how to sprinkle cumin? If you’re like this, how will you go to the capital for the imperial examination later?”

Ning Caichen rubbed his aching head and said aggrievedly: “Going to the capital for the imperial examination doesn’t require knowing how to barbecue, does it?!”

“Smack!”

Another hit.

Bai Lu lectured: “Barbecue is a skilled job. If you don’t know how to barbecue, how can you win the emperor’s favor? And how can you become a high official?!”

Ning Caichen retorted: “I’m going to the capital for the imperial examination, to become the top scholar, not an imperial chef…”

“Smack!”

“Learning an extra skill won’t hurt. Besides, the Jin Dynasty is about to be destroyed by us. If you serve us well, you’ll definitely rise steadily in the future,” Bai Lu said with a hearty laugh.

Ning Caichen: “…..”

He always felt like he had gotten on a pirate ship.

Rebellion, that was a major crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family.

After looking around and finding no outsiders, Ning Caichen said to Bai Lu with a tearful face: “Grandma, if you talk so carelessly, we’ll be exterminated to the ninth degree!”

“Isn’t it just extermination of nine generations? What if they exterminate ten generations of mine? Do you think I’m afraid?” Bai Lu patted her chest, making slapping sounds.

Ning Caichen’s entire face turned into a mask of pain: “Grandma, you’re not afraid, but I am!”

Bai Lu and the other person discussed exterminating ten generations while barbecuing.

Chu Mo and Li Tian Ce, on the other hand, were much more refined.

“Chu Ge, tonight, are we really not going to help White Cloud Zen Master? His Disciple is a troublemaker!” Li Tian Ce remembered White Cloud Zen Master from earlier in the day and wanted to try to persuade him.

“They’ll come back, why are you in a hurry?” As he spoke, Chu Mo’s raised teacup suddenly paused, his gaze looking westward.

“It’s already started…”

………

………

By the lake near Lan Ruo Temple.

The calm surface of the lake suddenly exploded, and countless tentacle-like tree roots wildly spread out from under the lake, chasing after the figure skimming across the water.

“Old monk, you and I have no conflict, why do you always make trouble for me!”

By the lakeside stood an old figure, his body hunched, his frame very large, his face full of wrinkles, like withered tree bark.

And opposite him was White Cloud Zen Master.

At this moment, White Cloud Zen Master was standing on one foot on his Demon Subduing Staff, looking at the Tree Demon Grandma in front of him.

“Prodigy, you have slaughtered hundreds of monks in Lan Ruo Temple and enslaved female ghosts, forcing them to harm passing travelers. Today, I, Baiyun, will subdue you!”

“I killed them? Hahahaha, they brought it upon themselves. As members of the Buddhist sect, they coveted worldly prosperity and had an unstable Buddha Heart, so they deserved this calamity.”

The Tree Demon Grandma spat out a black bead from her mouth and said with a smile to White Cloud Zen Master: “As a member of the Buddhist sect, you should be very familiar with this!”

Seeing the bead spat out by the Tree Demon Grandma, White Cloud Zen Master’s face was filled with surprise: “Sarira…”

Unlike ordinary Sarira, this Sarira did not have vast Buddha Power; it only had Devilish Qi.

This Buddhist treasure, the Sarira, had already become a treasure of the Demonic Path.

“This is Sarira, but it’s a Demonic Sarira.” The Tree Demon Grandma was not surprised that White Cloud Zen Master guessed what was in her hand; instead, she had a hint of showing off: “The Great Master you speak of, feeling that he had cultivated Buddha to its peak, had thoughts he shouldn’t have, Cultivated Demonic Path Cultivation Technique, and thus suffered Qi Deviation.”

“It was he who killed the monks of Lan Ruo Temple, not me!”

“And this Demonic Sarira is the best proof of his fall into the Demonic Path. However, at the last moment, he suddenly awakened and ended his own life in front of me, and this Demonic Sarira just happened to complete me…”

The Tree Demon Grandma’s words deeply stimulated White Cloud Zen Master, but they also strengthened his resolve to eliminate the Tree Demon Grandma.

“Since it is a disaster caused by my Buddhist Disciple, then I must subdue you even more to make amends!” White Cloud Zen Master took out the prayer beads on his body, infused them with Buddha Power, and swung them forward.

In an instant, the prayer beads scattered towards the Tree Demon Grandma like countless stars.

“You make amends? How do you make amends? Those who were sucked dry of their vital essence and died, unable to enter Reincarnation forever, can you make them Reincarnate again?”

The Tree Demon Grandma tried to disturb White Cloud Zen Master’s mind with words, but saw that his expression remained unchanged, his Buddha Heart as steady as a rock.

“The old monk’s Buddha Heart is indeed firm, what a pity. If you were the abbot of this Lan Ruo Temple, you would certainly not let Lan Ruo Temple fall into such disrepair. What a pity, what a pity!”

“Prodigy, today I will definitely subdue you!”

“Then let’s try!”

“Extreme Demon Realm!”

The incomparably thick tree roots were as agile as poisonous snakes, stirring up huge waves on the lake to block the incoming prayer beads.

Behind the huge waves, the tree roots formed a high wall, protecting the Tree Demon Grandma.

“Break!”

White Cloud Zen Master roared, and the prayer beads carrying powerful Buddha Power broke through the water curtain, deeply embedding themselves into the tree roots, and then exploded violently.

Countless tree roots were shattered.

The Tree Demon Grandma let out a painful wail.

The lake water was stirred up, falling like a torrential rain, soaking both of them. However, the Demonic Qi and Buddha Power emanating from their bodies quickly evaporated the water.

“Monk, you’re very good! Besides that busybody Yan Chixia, no one has been able to hurt me for a long time! However, your fate will be the same as his: imprisoned in the underworld, without a burial place, never to Reincarnate…”

The Tree Demon Grandma completely went mad, constantly waving her arms. Demonic clouds rolled in the sky, and countless golden lights appeared in the sky, like golden thunderbolts. They looked orthodox, but they were full of Demonic Qi and Devilish Qi.

White Cloud Zen Master was horrified, “I didn’t expect this Tree Demon to comprehend such a Divine Ability from the Sarira.”

Saying that, he turned to look at his Disciple, Shi Fang, who was late, and called out.

“Shi Fang, the Golden Buddha!”

“Master! This… the Golden Buddha…”

Shi Fang wanted to say that the Golden Buddha had just been broken by him, but seeing his Master’s anxious look, he still gritted his teeth and reached out to retrieve the Golden Buddha.

“Crack!”

A crisp sound of shattering.

The glazed bottle stored in the travel bag suddenly shattered.

The fire lotus inside transformed into a stream of light, directly entering Shi Fang’s glabella, forming a red lotus mark in the center of his forehead.

When Shi Fang opened his eyes again, his gaze was completely different, as if he had suddenly changed into a different person.

“Chan Master, retreat!”

Shi Fang, who had opened his eyes, did not immediately throw the Golden Buddha to White Cloud Zen Master. Instead, he rushed forward, pulling White Cloud Zen Master, ready to flee.

“You are not Shi Fang…”

White Cloud Zen Master thought Shi Fang was possessed by a ghost and immediately wanted to exorcise him, but he was instantly controlled by a single sentence.

“Chan Master, I am Wu Kong. Also, let me tell you, your Disciple has already broken the Golden Buddha. If you rashly take the Golden Buddha to fight, you will probably be seriously injured. At that time, you will absolutely not be a match for this Tree Demon!”

As he spoke, the golden light controlled by the Tree Demon Grandma had already swept towards them.

White Cloud Zen Master took off his kasaya, spun it in front of him, blocking all the golden light.

Chu Mo, who was temporarily controlling Shi Fang’s body, was also a little amazed. This Tree Demon’s Dao cultivation was impressive!

Plants and trees are inherently harder to become spirits than animals, and this Tree Demon not only became a spirit but also comprehended Buddhist Divine Ability from the Sarira…

“Difficult to deal with, but not impossible to deal with! When my true body arrives here, I will be able to pacify this Tree Demon!”