Chapter 177: How dangerous!

Qilin wanted to go up to block for Mu Yuanzhi, but Gu Rongjin had already grabbed Mu Yuanzhi and darted away first.

"What are you standing there for?"

The monk grabbed Qilin with one hand and flung him backward; if Qilin's basic skills weren't solid, he would definitely have been flung away by now.

He was about to curse when he saw several surging huge waves rolling in one after another; if he were still standing stupidly, he might already have been swept away!

But Qilin thought that with his skill, he might not necessarily be swept away.

He glanced back at Mu Yuanzhi to see she was fine, then relaxed and scolded the monk: "Why are you meddling!"

"Amitabha, saving a life beats building a seven-story pagoda." The monk clenched his Buddhist Prayer Beads and smiled.

"Look over there." The National Teacher gestured for everyone to look at the Black Sea.

The huge waves continued, one wave tightly following another, extremely turbulent and urgent.

They could reach tens of meters high when they rose!

"Such weather shouldn't produce such ferocious waves." The National Teacher raised his head to observe the stars and said.

"That's right." The monk nodded in agreement.

Gu Rongjin stared at the waves, lost in thought.

Mu Yuanzhi suddenly had an idea: "It would be great if we could go inside and take a look."

Qilin exclaimed in shock: "Senior sister, do you mean going into the waves?"

"Don't joke, how dangerous!"

Mu Yuanzhi frowned, staring at the layer upon layer of black waves like thousands of troops and horses.

"Wait a moment, thousands of troops and horses?"

A flash of inspiration crossed her mind, but she immediately overturned it herself.

At that moment, the monk smiled and said: "I, the humble monk, can actually give you a ride."

"How come your words sound like you're sending us to the West?" Qilin muttered.

Gu Rongjin was speechless: "Qilin, can't you say something pleasant?"

"Is it my problem? It's his speech that's the problem!"

The monk just smiled without speaking, he bent down and struck the ground with one palm; everyone instantly felt an unusual pressure from the land beneath their feet, which then rapidly cracked.

Qilin hastily jumped back, fearing he would be affected.

An invisible palm force shot toward the Black Sea with the speed of thunder, splitting those black waves cleanly in half!

It was as if an invisible person stood in the middle, using qigong to separate them, creating a path.

"All right, you can go over and see what's going on."

The monk maintained the posture of bending over with a single hand supporting the ground.

He must be continuing to transmit internal energy, Gu Rongjin thought.

Mu Yuanzhi and Gu Rongjin exchanged a glance, and the two of them tacitly went together.

"Senior sister, be careful!"

After saying that, Qilin furrowed his brows at the monk: "Yuan Yan, don't slip up at a crucial moment!"

The monk just laughed: "As long as you don't cause trouble, it's fine."

"……" Qilin rolled his eyes.

"Who's causing trouble!"

Qilin anxiously watched Mu Yuanzhi and Gu Rongjin enter the waves, as if fearing that if he looked away even for a moment, the waves would merge back together.

After about two quarters of an hour, Mu Yuanzhi and Gu Rongjin returned.

Qilin breathed a sigh of relief, the monk also withdrew his hand; he looked relaxed, not exerting any effort at all.

Qilin glanced at him unobtrusively: this guy's power is unfathomable!

Just who is he?

In a small town's small temple, there actually hides such a formidable monk—unbelievable!

By then, Mu Yuanzhi and Gu Rongjin had come over, and Qilin set aside the matter of the monk.

"Senior sister, Master, what have you found out?"

"These waves are indeed man-made." Gu Rongjin turned to look.

At this moment, the Black Sea had returned to calm.

Mu Yuanzhi nodded, "There's a device buried under the sea that can stir up huge waves across the sky; its purpose is likely to prevent others from approaching this area, just like that fake giant."

"What secret does this place actually hold?" Qilin looked around the pitch-black surroundings.

Gu Rongjin curled his lips: "If I'm not mistaken, this place should be hiding……"

"Troops." Mu Yuanzhi continued.

"Ice? What troops?"

"Troops and horses." Gu Rongjin and Mu Yuanzhi exchanged a glance, their eyes full of amusement: "My wife and I are truly of one mind!"

Mu Yuanzhi ignored his improper remark and continued analyzing: "There's a training ground for troops and horses nearby; there should be a sizable army……"

"This Black Sea doesn't belong to any country; could someone be secretly training troops here?" Qilin doubted, "Or could they be mercenaries?"

Gu Rongjin: "That's hard to say, but since it's shady, I'm sure there's some conspiracy."

"Never mind that for now; our purpose on this trip is to solve the Symbiotic Gu." Mu Yuanzhi looked toward the forest.

Qilin said without much urgency: "Let's go into the forest early tomorrow morning."

Anyway, going in at night is also dangerous.

Mu Yuanzhi: "No, we're going in right now."

"You don't need to be so urgent, senior sister."

"Your senior sister is right; going in now, the forest might be safer than outside." Gu Rongjin said.

National Teacher: "Agree."

Monk: "To me, it's all the same."

Qilin: "Alright, let's go in now."

He found several pieces of wood, lit them, each person took one for lighting.

The group of five entered the primitive forest near the Black Sea under the cover of night.

"Little Yuanzhi, if you get scared, hold onto me tightly." Gu Rongjin, who was walking beside Mu Yuanzhi, said.

"I'm not afraid."

Gu Rongjin sighed inwardly; having a daughter-in-law with too much gall isn't a good thing either—what a fine opportunity for lovey-dovey moments between the two of them!

The forest at night was especially hard to traverse; they walked very slowly, step by step, afraid of stepping on some trap.

Except for the monk, the four others had already memorized the appearance of the reed wood and fish-scale wood, as well as the giant-veined dragonfly; but night is not like day, they might miss it, so they had to look especially carefully.

"Could there be monsters lurking?" Qilin, although he had often gathered herbs in such primitive forests, but this place is, after all, the Black Sea—who knows if there aren't unknown monsters?

"According to what I know, there are." The monk laughed.

"What kind of monster?"

"A coward."

"Go!"

"Who's being cowardly?"

Qilin let out a cold snort and walked ahead, clearing the path.

"This...?" He stopped in front of a tree, "Looks like a giant-veined dragonfly!"

Three pairs of legs, compound eyes—this huge one didn't get away!

He reached out with the poison-resistant gloves he had already put on, but before his hand even touched it, the dragonfly lunged violently at him!

"Wow!"

Qilin instinctively let out a few wah cries; his habit of throwing hidden weapons when nervous or excited hadn't changed—he'd toss whatever he pulled out!

"Qilin, be careful not to kill it!" Mu Yuanzhi reminded.

"It's the one trying to kill me!" Qilin, without hesitation, was about to throw.

Fortunately, in the next instant, he was pulled away.

Before anyone could clearly see how the monk had moved, they saw his Buddhist prayer beads retract, and the giant-veined dragonfly was already perched on them!

"Young hero, your martial arts are impressive!" Gu Rongjin thought he might not even be a match for this monk.

"Be careful!"