The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple

It seems that these venerables at Jiyuan Temple must have used some kind of Buddhist Secret Technique, allowing this hidden ancient temple to reveal its true form.

Afterwards, Zhou Qing looked at the two leading high monks.

Venerables Jue Chen and Jue Jing were surrounded by Buddha Light, their aura surprisingly at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Severing Realm.

Venerables Jue Ming, Jue Yuan, and Jue Zhen were also in the Late-stage Spirit Severing.

A brilliant Buddha wheel glowed behind them as Sanskrit sounds reverberated; the Buddha Light of the three merged into a massive Vajra Dharma Aspect.

Such a lineup placed in any Fourth-level Cultivation Country would be at a state-defending level of existence.

"Ku E, you have been demonized; you are destined to fail!"

But at this moment, the dry corpse of Ku Di suddenly let out a heartrending screech towards the sky, the decayed vocal cords producing a spine-chilling sound.

In an instant, the eighteen Relic Buddhist Beads on his neck simultaneously radiated dazzling golden light.

Each Buddha Bead displayed a miniature phantom of a Buddha.

Eighteen Buddhas chanted in unison, and vast Buddha Power erupted like a tsunami!

"Om——"

A golden ripple visible to the naked eye swept out, causing the Sanskrit chains jointly set by the five venerables to shatter inch by inch.

Venerable Jue Chen’s face changed dramatically, the Vajra Pestle in his hand trembled violently, his tiger’s mouth split, and blood dripped along the pestle.

"Not good! He’s going to break free!" Venerable Jue Jing roared harshly, the speed of his Sealing hands became only an afterimage, "Great Might Dragon, Prajna Buddhas, suppress!"

A golden dragon flew out from his palm, its roar shaking the heavens, as it lunged at Ku Di.

At the same time, Venerables Jue Ming, Jue Yuan, and Jue Zhen simultaneously sacrificed their life-bound Buddha artifacts—a Demon-Subduing Pestle, a string of Bodhi Prayer Beads, and an Ancient Green Lamp Buddha.

The three Buddha artifacts intertwined in the air to form a "卍" Buddha Seal, pressing down.

Suddenly, two eerie green flames ignited in the hollow eye sockets of Ku Di’s dry corpse, the Precepts Knife in his hand emitted a dragon cry, densely covered with Sanskrit runes.

He held the knife with one hand, surprisingly resisting the combined assault of the five venerables!

"Boom——"

Amidst the earth-shattering explosion, the entire dilapidated temple trembled.

The golden thread kasaya on Ku Di’s dry corpse shattered inch by inch, revealing the shriveled body inside.

That body was indeed covered in bizarre black runes, writhing like living creatures.

"Is this... demonic runes?!" Venerable Jue Chen exclaimed in shock, "Uncle-Master Ku Di has truly been demonized; the Abbot didn’t deceive us!"

Ku Di’s dry corpse paid no attention, sweeping the Precepts Knife sideways, a half-moon-shaped golden Sword Qi tearing through the air.

The five venerables dodged in haste, where the Sword Qi passed, the space was directly ripped apart.

But there seemed to be some sort of mysterious force quickly mending it, completely nullifying the ability of the Spirit Severing Realm to tear space.

"He’s going to escape! Stop him!" Venerable Jue Ming shouted urgently.

Ku Di’s dry corpse flickered, transforming into eighteen afterimages, each vividly lifelike, fleeing in different directions.

Eighteen Relic Buddhist Beads simultaneously flew out, laying down a small Buddha formation in the air, temporarily trapping the five venerables.

"Uncle-Master, you should return home!" Venerable Jue Chen roared in anger, biting his tongue sharp, and sprayed a mouthful of Essence Blood on the Vajra Pestle.

The Vajra Pestle instantly expanded a hundredfold, like a sky-supporting pillar, fiercely smashing down upon the Buddha formation.

"Boom!"

At the moment the Buddha formation shattered, the true form of Ku Di’s dry corpse had already broken through, disappearing in the blink of an eye into the depths of the Desolate Forbidden mist.

"The Abbot said that we must retrieve that item no matter what, quick, pursue!" Venerable Jue Chen’s voice rang soberly.

Then, five golden figures transformed into light flows, pursuing directly.

Zhou Qing and Shen Hanyi stood quietly in place, watching them depart into the distance.

Especially Zhou Qing, his brow furrowed, fraught with doubts in his heart.

Ku E said Ku Di was demonized, and he indeed saw those eerie demonic runes earlier.

Yet Ku Di had long become a dry corpse, fallen years past, now merely a walking dead sustained by obsession.

But as Ku Di left, he again said Ku E was the one demonized...

Between them, who truly is the demonized one?

Zhou Qing couldn’t help but recall that day Buddha Son Gui Cang looked.

On one hand, bade him stay, on the other, revealing alienation.

More intriguingly, he also gifted a thousand rare Wood Attribute Spirit Stones...

"It’s said that when one Buddha Son enters nirvana, a new Buddha Son is born..." Zhou Qing murmured to himself, "So is Ku E already gone, or is he still alive?"

What exactly did Ku Di take from Jiyuan Temple back then?

To warrant the monks’ pursuit until now?