Chapter 268: The Monk

After this playful question, Jin Jin Guang slowly faded away.

As the radiance dispersed, a breathtakingly beautiful young woman appeared in her place, dressed in magnificent water-red palace robes that dragged along the ground, her raven hair coiled into a high bun adorned with a slanting golden dangling hairpin, and a crimson ribbon draped over her arms.

She resembled a celestial maiden, no less than a goddess—

Her eyebrows lifted slightly as she smiled at Chen Heng, a hint of joy and relief faintly visible in her eyes.

Above her head grew a pair of exquisite dragon horns, three inches long and resembling coral, shining brightly like some rare treasure.

"So this is the Dragon Girl?"

Chen Heng thought silently, his gaze lingering for a moment on those small dragon horns, which Chen Chan immediately noticed, shooting him a glare in return.

"What? Too embarrassed to speak?"

Seeing the person opposite remain silent and still guarded, Chen Chan could not help but smile.

"Can people who cultivate in the Xiantianmo Sect even be brothers and sisters?"

"What? That mad monk actually escaped from the hands of the Xuehe Sect and reached the East Sea? The Xuehe Sect produced two Chen Yuanshu Chen Yuanshu Zhenjun and even unleashed such a heavy treasure as the Flaying Blood Pool Netherworld, yet they still failed to capture him?"

Moreover, he is at the eleventh stage of the Purple Mansion and listed in the New Year's Evaluation.

Now that this mad monk has been driven from Southern Peng Qian Province to the East Sea, all the small cultivation sects in the region are panicking, restraining their disciples and strictly forbidding them from going out.

Chen Chan waved her hand and said.

He even managed to capture dozens of offspring of a Heavenly King, with not a single one escaping.

But since I unexpectedly found joy today, let us leave this matter here."

Even upon arriving at Chen Yuquan Immortal Market, most were in secluded cultivation.

I know he has means to protect himself, but that mad monk possesses vast divine abilities; having suffered several strikes from the Xuehe Sect's Flaying Blood Pool Netherworld, he was only injured, not yet deceased.

While in Xi Su Zhou, she kept glancing sideways, signaling Shi Xin to slip away as well.

Xi Su Zhou, however, was already greatly terrified; disregarding his fear of Chen Chan, he cried out involuntarily.

"It's just an aristocratic family; here in the East Sea, it is not yet their turn to act recklessly. Just reveal your true form; with me looking after you, no one will dare to provoke you!"

Thus, he turned to face Chen Chan, bowed deeply to her, and performed a formal salute.

But such secret rumors are difficult to spread widely in the marketplace, so naturally, I had not heard of them.

During this time, although I specifically inquired about some news from the East Sea.

As soon as he appeared, he was not in Cui Cui Jingzhong; instead, he immediately abducted two highly renowned disciples of Lei Ting Prefecture, forcing those two to cleanly don monk robes.

Not only major families, but even several talents from the Sipaiba Sect seemed to have been captured by him.

The disciples he forcibly abducted were not returned even one; they were all safely pocketed...

And since Chen Heng left the Liuhuo Liuhuo Honghua Fan Fan Dongtian, aside from staying a few days with Ding Hepu, he came straight to the East Sea.

If it were not for Xi Su Zhou panic-strickenly raising his hand and emitting a thick yellow light tens of zhang long, spreading it out.

The mad monk's name and Dharma title are both known, but his lineage has never been revealed; it is only known that he came from Tianli and is not a being of Xudu Heaven.

Chen Chan shook her head slightly upon hearing this.

Xi Su Zhou carefully examined them and realized they had merely fainted temporarily with no serious harm, so he finally set his mind at ease.

However, although that mad monk acts arrogantly and perversely and will eventually bring about his own destruction, he is not..."

I fear those cultivators would plummet into the sea like sinkers, sinking deep to the bottom.

After a moment of silence, Chen Heng spoke in a deep voice.

"If that mad monk captures you and takes you to a temple in Tianli to become a little novice monk, I would find it difficult to explain to my two elder brothers..."

And at that moment.

She added another sentence:

After saying this, Chen Chan brought out her flower basket again, shook it heavily in mid-air, and instantly, fourteen male and female cultivators suddenly manifested their forms.

Apart from Chen Jin and Chen Zuo, or perhaps recently adding another, Chen Ying...

And at that time, after questioning Xi Su Zhou and learning the full story, Chen Heng also felt a sudden chill.

"As for you, my younger brother, since I have already shown my good intentions, your guarded mindset can relax a little.

This action naturally provoked the fury of both Lei Ting Prefecture and the Heavenly King faction.

Yet only a few days later, I heard from Chen Chan the news that this mad monk had actually arrived in the East Sea.

Xi Su Zhou thought that even if the mad monk had not died, he should have little strength left to stir up trouble again.

"Apart from those few loyal dogs, the rest merely pretend to comply due to your power, only making a show of it on the surface; I am no exception."

He was greatly terrified in his heart, feeling as if thorns were on his back, truly unable to stand still in peace.

"Naturally, we are not brother and sister, but elder sister and younger brother! When I entered the Dao, you did not even know where you were; even my younger sister Chen Zhi is far younger than you, so I'm afraid you cannot claim that advantage."

Upon hearing this, Chen Heng did not react much.

And when the yellow light was withdrawn, it was seen that although those fourteen cultivators of the Chiming Sect had their eyes tightly closed and remained motionless.

And being pursued, he wandered to the southern regions of Xudu Heaven.

"Besides, do you think that people in the Xiantianmo Sect and Chen Chen Yushu are all of one mind?

"He used Beast-Driving Pills to disturb your four Jin Jiao and startle your carriage; my original intention was merely to let that Yin-Yang Demon harass them four times, and then we would be even.

Instead of waiting for Xi Su Zhou to answer, she looked at Shi Tong and said:

"The East Sea is not peaceful nowadays; I heard a mad monk came from Tianli, roaming everywhere to abduct Daoist cultivators, forcing us to shave our heads and take vows to become Buddhist disciples.

"The Sect Master of the Guangshi Sect? He truly has guts.

However, that monk is indeed highly skilled; although he was expelled from Cui Cui Jingzhong, he suffered no real damage.

"How about it? After hearing all this, will you come with me, or wait for that mad monk to capture people and take you to a Buddhist temple in Tianli to become a holy monk?"

Yet his breath remained fairly steady, and he had neither lost a hand nor a foot.

Chen Chan smiled faintly and spoke in a light voice:

"I was actually aware of that news; it was merely that the Sect Master of my Guangshi Sect also did not know from which channel he had obtained it... After hearing this report, he specifically sent me a letter to explain the matter in detail, instructing me to be extremely cautious."

Chen Chan suddenly broke into a faint smile and said lightly:

"Come with me for a trip. Although I am far away in Nan Chan Province, due to the instructions of my two elder brothers, I have been keeping an eye on you and am not unfamiliar with what you did at the Yu Yu Yuchen Lower Academy."

Meeting Chen Chan's strange gaze, Xi Su Zhou rubbed his face, gave a dry laugh, and said:

Only then did the Mad Monk vanish without a trace, and no further news came.

Along this journey, the Mad Monk's reputation soared among the upper echelons of Xu Capital Heaven, becoming the subject of widespread discussion.

This continued until he provoked members of the Xuehe Sect in Nan Peng Qian Province, alarmed two Daoist Chen Yuanshu Chen Yuanshu Zhenjun, and even brought out the heavy treasure known as the Flaying and Slaughter Blood Pool Minor Hell.

And from drifting through Shi Xin Forest to arriving in the West Sea.

After a brief pause.

Xi Su Zhou and Master Qiao Ting exchanged a glance, both feeling a weight lift from their hearts, and hurriedly expressed their thanks.