Chapter 181 - 106: Fierce Defense and Slaying the Enchantress
He was simply sharing a boat with them to cross the river.
Xu Lei didn’t try to strike up a conversation with them.
"Bald donkey!"
But unexpectedly, the little boy who had been held by the woman suddenly woke up.
He pointed at Xu Lei’s bald head and said in a jeering tone, "Dad, Mom!
Look, a bald donkey!
There’s a bald donkey!
He’s a bald donkey!"
Xu Lei’s expression stiffened slightly.
Although he was a Monk.
But being pointed at by a spoiled brat and spoken to in such a tone.
He still felt a little displeased.
"Insolence!"
Just then, Young Master Zhao also spoke up, scolding, "You insolent child!
How dare you disrespect the Living Buddha!"
Young Master Zhao’s guards immediately moved to teach the brat a lesson.
"What are you doing?!"
But the woman pulled the child into her arms and snapped, "You dare?! Do you have any idea who we are?"
"The local County Captain is my cousin!"
The husband also chimed in, "Gentlemen, he’s just a child. There’s no harm in his words!
If you resort to violence because of this, it would be going too far!"
The couple looked quite arrogant.
Clearly, with a County Captain for a cousin.
They were used to throwing their weight around locally.
Of course, Young Master Zhao and his men couldn’t care less about some minor local County Captain.
"Amitabha Buddha."
But Xu Lei waved his hand. "Don’t cause trouble. He’s just a misbehaved child. Pay him no mind."
At this, Young Master Zhao’s guards stepped back.
After all, Xu Lei had lived for many years.
His disposition was quite steady.
He didn’t want to argue with a few mortals.
"A Living Buddha? Heh!"
Just then, however, the boy’s father sneered at Young Master Zhao. "Young Master, I’d advise you not to be fooled.
There are no Divine Buddhas in this world.
No Demons, ghosts, or Spirit Monsters, either.
All this talk of Divine Buddhas is just baseless nonsense!
They’re all just charlatans and swindlers!"
Young Master Zhao’s brow furrowed slightly.
He had seen with his own eyes Xu Lei ride the Lotus Treasure Fragments into the sky.
Naturally, he would not be swayed by this middle-aged man’s words.
The same was true for Young Master Zhao’s Personal Guards.
Each and every one of them remained extremely respectful toward Xu Lei.
Xu Lei chose to ignore the middle-aged man’s words.
When Young Master Zhao and his men glanced over, asking for permission to teach the family of three a lesson, he simply gave another slight wave of his hand.
He was telling them there was no need to bother with the couple and their son.
"Bald donkey!"
But unexpectedly, the little boy pointed at Xu Lei again. "Big liar bald donkey!"
Xu Lei’s brow furrowed slightly.
’Kids will be kids, and it’s not right for an adult to squabble with a child.’
But seeing this, his parents didn’t discipline the boy.
They didn’t tell him he was wrong, and instead just giggled along.
Clearly, the root of this family’s disrespect for Divine Buddhas was the parents.
Of course, Xu Lei wasn’t about to kill them over a few disrespectful words.
He again waved his hand, telling Young Master Zhao and the others not to bother with the three of them.
"Sir!"
At this, Young Master Zhao couldn’t hold back any longer. "Your son is being incredibly rude!
Not only are you not stopping or correcting him,
you’re laughing along with him. What is the meaning of this?"
"He’s just a child, having a little fun."
But the middle-aged man retorted, "Why are a bunch of adults getting worked up over a little kid?"
"Besides!"
At this point, his wife also chimed in. "Is our son wrong?
This ’Living Buddha’ nonsense!
You’re just superstitious!
You’ve been tricked by this bald Monk!
And you still haven’t realized it!
How ridiculous!"
Young Master Zhao’s frown deepened.
But before he could say anything...
"SPLASH!"
"RUMBLE!"
The surface of the lake, which had been perfectly calm, suddenly churned with whirlpools!
An instant later, a monstrous wave appeared, surging toward them!
Everyone on the boat turned pale.
"Hm?"
Xu Lei’s expression changed as well. "What’s happening?!"
At the same time, Xu Lei flipped his hand.
"HUMMM!"
A black alms bowl appeared, rising directly into the air!
Light flowed over it, making it manifest as a much larger black alms bowl.
Of course, the physical bowl at its core remained its original size.
The increased size was an illusion created by the Array carved upon it, which amplified its power.
The black alms bowl instantly enveloped everyone on the boat.
"HSSSSS!!!"
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
At the same time, countless hair-shaped streams of water crazily cut and bombarded Xu Lei’s black alms bowl.
Seeing that they couldn’t break through, the extremely long strands of hair wrapped around Xu Lei and the others completely.
It was as if they had been sealed in a cocoon!
It continued its frantic attempt to crush them!
Meanwhile, the parts of the boat beneath them that weren’t covered by the black alms bowl had already been shredded by the long strands of hair and were sinking into the water.
"A Demon!"
The pupils of Young Master Zhao and his guards contracted. A chill ran down their spines.
The last time, the Demon Consort had left quickly.
They had no idea how powerful a Demon could be.
At this moment, every one of them was tensed up, exceptionally vigilant.
Being on a boat, after all, gave them no sense of security whatsoever.
Of course, seeing Xu Lei’s alms bowl continuously enveloping and protecting them, they finally felt a bit more at ease.
"What is this?"
"What is this flying black bowl?"
"What’s happening?"
"Could he really be a Living Buddha? Then are demons and ghosts real?"
At the same time, the well-dressed middle-aged couple from before were utterly horrified.
"What happened?"
The old boatman was dumbfounded. "My boat!"
"Bald donkey, what are you...?!"
The little boy screamed, "A ghost!"
These reactions all happened at almost the same time.
So, not much time had passed at all.
"Little Monk!"
And at that moment, from outside the frantically coiling mass of hair-like water, a familiar female voice called out. "You’re dead today!