Chapter 2504

"Great Sage Sun, you don't need to worry about me."

The nine-headed bird suddenly turned his head to look at Sun Wukong and said.

"Are you really okay?"

Sun Wukong looked at him with doubt in his eyes.

The nine-headed bird stopped the broom in his hand, looked toward the top of the pagoda, sighed leisurely, and said, "I have dreamed of a place like this countless times."

"I thought that one day, I would eventually join the Buddhist faith."

As he spoke, tears streamed down the nine-headed bird's eyes, which actually moved Sun Wukong somewhat.

He didn't know if those tears were of sorrow or a sense of relief in his heart after letting go of everything.

He stopped talking, lowered his head, and continued to sweep the pagoda.

Sun Wukong could see that he was already physically exhausted. After all, he had no true Qi now, and he had just had his demon tendons extracted.

His footsteps had also become unsteady, and the frequency with which he wiped his sweat was becoming higher and higher.

Sun Wukong circulated the true Qi in his body, preparing to help him, but at this moment, the nine-headed bird suddenly looked at him and said, "Really, there is no need, Great Sage Sun. The Abbot also said that this is to verify my sincerity."

"If you help me finish sweeping this pagoda, then it would be useless."

A look of surprise appeared in Sun Wukong's eyes, so he restrained his true Qi.

The waiting time was long. The further he swept, the slower his speed became. Abbot Shi Xinming also leaped up to the eighth level, watching the nine-headed bird.

The nine-headed bird's clothes were soaked through, his face was flushed, and he was panting.

However, he still refused to stop the action of sweeping the pagoda.

The Abbot looked at his appearance and nodded with satisfaction.

By the time he reached the ninth level, every step the nine-headed bird took was as if he had thousand-pound boulders tied to his feet, and he could no longer hold the broom in his hand steadily.

"Persist, just the last level left, I can do it!"

"Hold on, otherwise all the previous efforts will be in vain."

"I have already sensed the auspiciousness of the Buddha-Light Sarira. Although my body is incomparably tired, I no longer have a headache."

His remaining five heads began to speak one after another, all gritting their teeth and persisting.

Finally, the nine-headed bird swept the last step and stepped onto the floor of the ninth level.

In the center of the octagonal pagoda top stood a sandalwood stand, and on the sandalwood stand rested the radiant Buddha-Light Sarira.

The nine-headed bird stood where he was, eyes dazed. At this moment, both Sun Wukong and Shi Xinming were watching, their eyes filled with incomparable confusion.

Unexpectedly, the nine-headed bird's next action surprised both of them deeply.

The nine-headed bird first performed three kowtows, then knelt on the ground, chanting, "Buddha is merciful. Today I wholeheartedly turn to Buddha; I beg the Buddha to deliver me from my suffering."

After speaking, he actually lay on the ground and began to weep in pain, his tears wetting the floor of the pagoda top drop by drop.

"Sigh—" Shi Xinming let out a long sigh and said, "Although he is a monster, his nature is pure and kind; he is also a person with a bitter fate."

Sun Wukong looked at Shi Xinming and said, "So, is the Abbot willing to keep him?" ===== CHAPTER 2506 =====