Chapter 138 - 94: Seeing the Old Daoist Nun Again
Xu Lei was certain that Zhi Can and Hui Cheng must have known the other was a True Monk.
But just now, Zhi Can had said he hadn’t left Guangyuan Temple these past few days.
That proved Hui Cheng had definitely been lying.
There was definitely something fishy about the time Hui Cheng invited Xu Lei to go hunt a Demon!
At this thought, Xu Lei’s gaze couldn’t help but turn icy.
Of course, Xu Lei wouldn’t act rashly.
He quickly concealed the coldness in his eyes, reverting to Hui Yuan’s usual demeanor.
He even smiled and greeted Hui Cheng as he walked over.
Hui Cheng had returned to the temple before Xu Lei this time.
He probably returned just a few days after failing to convince Xu Lei.
「Ten days later.」
Xu Lei had been secretly observing Hui Cheng for ten days.
Sometimes, he would even strike up a conversation with Hui Cheng.
In the temple, Hui Cheng maintained a rather friendly demeanor, though he wasn’t very talkative.
But he showed no signs of cruelty or violence whatsoever, not at all like someone who would harm a fellow disciple.
As for Zhi Can, he had already left the mountain.
On the very day Xu Lei returned, Zhi Can had left the mountain overnight.
Xu Lei even suspected that his own prank—enthusiastically inviting him to "plant seeds" in the Bu Zhong Hall—had scared him off.
’He probably thought I was being too forward and went down the mountain to get away from me.’
However, Xu Lei didn’t pay too much attention to Zhi Can.
His main focus was still on learning more about Hui Cheng.
Over these ten days, Hui Cheng would frequently leave the mountain.
But Xu Lei didn’t dare to tail him too closely.
To avoid being discovered, he generally trailed him from a great distance, using a Telescope to observe the situation.
Of course, on the tenth day, Xu Lei suddenly made a major discovery.
He saw Hui Cheng meeting with an Old Daoist Nun from the Daoist Sect.
The two of them were acting rather intimately.
Furthermore, when he got a clear look at the Old Daoist Nun’s face, Xu Lei’s pupils contracted.
"Isn’t that the Old Daoist Nun who stole my radish spirit last time?"
Xu Lei said, stunned, "I had Mu Yao secretly searching for her for so long, and she never found her!
And now she just shows up?!
So first the Old Daoist Nun snatches my radish spirit!
And then this Hui Cheng tries to come after my Demon Core?
That damned couple, they really deserve to die."
The reason he called them a "damned couple" was his speculation that the Old Daoist Nun might be Hui Cheng’s ’Dao Companion’!
After Hui Cheng’s Cultivation reached a level where he could have children, he had gotten together with this Daoist Nun, whose Cultivation had reached the same point.
The term Dao Companion refers to a partner on the path of seeking the Dao.
The "Dao" in this context refers not to the Dao of the Daoist Sect, but to the Dao of Longevity.
Based on this, he further speculated about Hui Cheng’s motive for targeting him back then.
Perhaps Hui Cheng and the Old Daoist Nun felt that with their current Cultivation progress, their hopes of attaining the Dao were slim.
They might have already had a child, and this child was likely also capable of Cultivation!
Therefore, the two of them were willing to expend their Magical Power to attack other human Cultivators.
All to seize a Demon Core and enhance their child’s Power.
To pave an easier path to longevity for their child!
’If I don’t kill you, you damned couple, then my name isn’t Xu Lei!’
Xu Lei thought hatefully. ’That’s right, your child has to die too!
I have to show you what happens when you mess with me!’
「Three days later.」
Xu Lei still hadn’t launched a counter-attack against Hui Cheng and the Old Daoist Nun.
After all, his Power was insufficient to kill Hui Cheng, let alone Hui Cheng and his Daoist Nun companion.
On this day, however, Xu Lei noticed that Hui Cheng had left the mountain again.
As usual, Xu Lei followed from a distance, observing through his Telescope.
However, what Xu Lei didn’t expect was that today, he would see another familiar figure in his Telescope!
It was Zhi Can!
He was locked in a fierce battle with Hui Cheng and the Old Daoist Nun in the mountain forest!
At first, it seemed Zhi Can had fallen into an Array set up by Hui Cheng.
"Martial Uncle, how could you attack me? Why!" Zhi Can roared.
His Magical Power surged, coalescing into a golden ’卍’ symbol as an invisible wave of energy rolled out.
"BANG BANG BANG BANG~~"
He actually blew the Array to pieces.
"PFFT!"
However, Zhi Can also spat out blood.
"Hand over the Demon Core!"
The Old Daoist Nun’s hands blurred through a series of Dharma Seals, and with them, a barrage of Flying Swords howled toward Zhi Can.
"Kill!"
Hui Cheng, for his part, threw a string of Buddhist Beads that tumbled through the air as they hurtled toward Zhi Can.
’If I hadn’t happened to be disguised as Hui Yuan at Guangyuan Temple and noticed the inconsistencies back then, what Zhi Can is going through now is probably what I would have faced!’
Watching the trio’s fierce battle through his Telescope, Xu Lei couldn’t help but think, ’So, Martial Nephew Zhi Can didn’t flee the mountain that night because my enthusiasm scared him.
He must have learned about the Spirit Monster’s whereabouts and information?
That’s why he went to subdue the demon? And it looks like he succeeded!
But now, as a result, he’s being ambushed by that vicious pair, Hui Cheng and the Old Daoist Nun!’
Naturally, Xu Lei was rooting for Zhi Can.
But in the end, Xu Lei did not intervene.
After all, neither Hui Cheng nor the Old Daoist Nun was focused on him right now.
It was unnecessary for him to risk saving Zhi Can now, only to draw their fire onto himself.
Besides, both Hui Cheng and the Old Daoist Nun were quite formidable.
Xu Lei wasn’t certain he could save Zhi Can from them.
It was possible he would just end up wasting his Magical Power for nothing.
Besides, his relationship with Zhi Can wasn’t close enough to warrant risking his own life to save him.
Therefore, Xu Lei simply continued to watch the battle in silence.
"BOOM!"
To Xu Lei’s surprise, Zhi Can suddenly unleashed some kind of ultimate move.
He blasted out another enormous, golden ’卍’ symbol, sending both Hui Cheng and the Old Daoist Nun flying backward.