Wandering Gods of Day and Night

The thought that came from "Ning Yu" was—Senior brother has fallen into a killing frenzy again.

Boba killed the female slave not to keep secrets but to satiate his craving.

Once these two thoughts merged in Zhou Xuan’s mind, he decided, after all, to restrain his desire to save people.

That Boba is not an ordinary person. If he intends to kill, the moment the sound of bone crunching is heard, the female slave would have already breathed her last,

Even if Zhou Xuan wanted to save her, he could not.

Moreover, Boba harbors many secrets, about the Heavenly Peng Bird, and about Yanfuti.

It is not the right time to act rashly.

With this thought confirmed, Zhou Xuan didn’t move again. He stood under the eaves, feeling that this Snow Plain Prefecture was too much like hell.

"It’s actually a prefecture city with slavery."

Zhou Xuan said slowly.

...

After a long while, a voice came from within the room: "Ning Yu, come in."

"Yes, senior brother."

Zhou Xuan nodded and entered the room.

Inside the room, everything was extremely tidy, except for the new Heavenly Spirit Bone in Boba’s hands, there was no blood or leftover fragments, only the oilcloth at the window seemed thicker.

"Senior brother, do you think Zhou Xuan and the others will return?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"They will, they certainly will."

Boba said, "They think the Buddha Mother is in Ping Shui Prefecture and will try all means to break that space at Lotus Mountain. That Zhou Xuan is quite something; he even thought of using the Sea of Buddha to crash the space,

The approach is correct, but apart from the Snow Plain Prefecture, other prefecture cities are incapable of creating the Sea of Buddha."

After expressing his thoughts, he handed the new Heavenly Spirit Bone to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan knew all too well where this Heavenly Spirit Bone came from—it was from that slave girl.

"Junior brother, you must personally take this Heavenly Spirit Bone to Longba Manor. Within this bone lies evidence that ’the Heavenly Peng Bird is the Ancient Buddha Heart Demon.’

It only then dawned on Zhou Xuan why Boba did not directly present evidence to convince Ning Jin Longba.

He realized that Boba wanted to send people away first and then create evidence afterward.

"Senior brother, this Heavenly Spirit Bone is so new. Can it deceive the Six Great Families?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

"Rest assured, when has your brother’s handiwork ever gone wrong? Go on, go on."

Boba waved repeatedly, signaling Zhou Xuan to get on with it.

Zhou Xuan, holding the Heavenly Spirit Bone still stained with traces of blood, left the room, heading into the great snow.

...

Zhou Xuan traveled a long way, from the Buddha Praise Heavenly Palace on the peak of Great Snow Mountain, far from the Reincarnation Temple,

it was only then that the Eternal Life Sect Leader, Tiancan Monk, and the Green Robed Buddha revealed their true selves.

The Green Robed Buddha was furious and spoke for Zhou Xuan: "Master, you are merciful, but that Boba is too infuriating, daring to call upon you."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader concurred: "A mere monk of the Buddha Country dares to join forces with the Six Great Families to conspire against you?"

"Just give the order, Master, and I will go behead Boba and present it to you."

Tiancan Monk was even more outraged.

At this moment, all three of them were genuinely loyal to Zhou Xuan; Zhou Xuan’s affairs were their affairs.

Zhou Xuan, however, shook his head and said, "A bit of strategy, please. This is Snow Mountain Prefecture, the Six Great Families have a Human World Guardian, and behind Boba, there is Yanfuti. Even if the four of us go, we may not prevail,

Besides, even if we did, what then? Fighting a hard battle is exhausting, isn’t it?

They plan to conspire and eliminate me in Ping Shui Prefecture; I’ll play along while knowing nothing of Boba’s plot. Once we reach Ping Shui Prefecture, I will slay both Boba and Yanfuti,

And yes, not a single good bird among the Six Great Families of Snow Plain Prefecture; I’ll just uproot them all."

The Three Divine Beings intended only to kill Boba to vent Zhou Xuan’s anger,

but Zhou Xuan wanted to eradicate all these deeply embedded cancers in Snow Plain Prefecture.

"The snow in Snow Plain Prefecture is too heavy; some of it should be cleared."

Zhou Xuan said.

The Green Robed Buddha, hearing Zhou Xuan’s plan, nodded repeatedly: "Master is indeed worthy of being called Master, with great perspective."

"It’s not about perspective or not; just the three of you don’t mess things up, the roles of pretending and undercover are quite fun to play from time to time."

Zhou Xuan said with a smile...

...

Just as Boba Golden Buddha said, this year’s Snow Mountain Prefecture is exceptionally cold,

According to Zhou Xuan’s observation, there are only two kinds of people on the streets of the Prefecture City, those who are freezing and those who are not.

Those who are freezing lack thick cowhide or sheepskin coats. Even if they have an old coat, it’s several years old, riddled with holes from insects and rats, leaking everywhere like worn-out oilcloth.

The wealthy dignitaries are bundled in thick coats, likely wrapped in two or three layers of cowhide, with "sheep stomach bags" filled with hot water in their sleeves. Forget the cold; their foreheads are even sweating.

Walking down the street, Zhou Xuan occasionally heard someone shout: "Master Rize of the west side of the city is distributing food; there’s food, drinks, and beef and mutton soup."

"Lord Longba of the south side is distributing food too, with beef and mutton soup and a thickly matted warm room."

"The masters are all great benevolent ones."

"The masters all reverently pray to Buddha, so of course, they have kind hearts."

The people on the streets flocked towards the manors of a few masters.

As for Zhou Xuan,

having witnessed Longba’s face, he didn’t believe in the masters’ kindness at all.

He strolled around the gates of the Six Great Families’ manors.

These masters do indeed distribute provisions—only that the food is not given in vain; those in need of assistance must sign a slave contract with the manor.

Upon signing this document, ordinary people are transformed into the masters’ beasts of burden.

"Indeed, what benevolent masters are there really."

The last place Zhou Xuan visited was Longba Manor. By the time he reached the gate, the Heavenly Spirit Bone in his hand had turned pitch black, its surface dry and antiqued...