[…]

[The streets of Wusi City have only a few scattered figures, and are filled with the ruined desolation after a great battle.]

[At each fork in the city, Fire-Worship army troops are stationed. The pedestrians and common folk on the streets are few and far between, leaving everything deathly still.]

[With one glance, you see that everyone has cold eyes and expressionless faces, as if that heaven-shaking war between god and yokai did not happen two days ago, but several years ago.]

[The big-bellied brawny man walking beside you leans closer and whispers, junior brother, why does this human realm feel strange? Those mortal commoners look so indifferent, each of them like a walking corpse.]

[Senior brother has not descended to the mortal world for many years. I never thought the human realm had become like this…]

[Hearing this, you stop and look the big-bellied brawny man beside you up and down.]

[This big-bellied brawny man is three meters tall, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, as sturdy as a bear. From afar, he looks like an indestructible iron pagoda.]

[His appearance is extremely ugly. His bald head has not a single hair, giving others a fierce and violent impression that makes people fear him at a glance.]

[The ‘White Elephant Demon’ feels uncomfortable all over from your scrutiny and cannot help asking in confusion, junior brother, is there something improper about senior brother’s appearance?]

For the White Elephant Demon to notice that something was wrong with these Extreme Evil monsters was itself something wrong.

According to common sense, senior brother White Elephant Demon was an Extreme Evil monster, so he should have naturally adapted to this chapter’s strange Extreme Evil atmosphere. He absolutely should not have asked such a question.

It was just like zombies infected with a virus. When both parties were zombies, they would not notice that anything was wrong with each other’s eyeballs dangling out, half of their jaws missing, a bloody hole in their chest, and their entire bodies covered in rotting corpse spots.

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes, knowing that the Seed of Glazed Pure Fire he carried was silently taking effect. Anyone who approached him would be subtly influenced.

As the Seed of Glazed Pure Fire was the key item for Ancient Heavenly Enma to undergo nirvanic rebirth, it was bound to possess many inconceivable great divine arts.

[You shake your head and say, senior brother’s appearance is extremely mighty. If any villains wanted to block the road and rob us, this appearance alone could scare them away.]

[Hearing this, the ‘White Elephant Demon’ plants its hands on its hips, puffs out its chest, and says proudly, of course. As the dharma-protector mount beneath the Bodhisattva’s seat, if I did not have a mighty and fierce appearance, how could I set off the Bodhisattva’s great mercy and compassion?]

[Junior brother, in its opinion, you have no need to linger here at all. Just kill your way straight to Penglai. In this mortal world, who could stop you and it?]

[You deliberately ask in reply, oh? Does senior brother know where Penglai Immortal Island is?]

[The White Elephant Demon freezes, then says with perfect confidence, it has never been to Penglai, so how would it know where Penglai is?]

[You clap your hands and say, what a coincidence. I have not been to Penglai either, so if I do not stay here to gather intelligence, should I head east or west right now?]

[The White Elephant Demon is rendered speechless by your question. It then avoids this topic, pretends to look at the scenery around it, and follows behind you without speaking anymore.]

After Lin Xun obtained the Seed of Glazed Pure Fire, he took advantage of the Bodhisattva’s true body not having killed its way back yet and quickly fled the dojo, not daring to delay for even a moment.

The entire Western Pure Bliss Heaven was an existence similar to an independent space. If the mortal world was a great thousand world, then the Western Pure Bliss Heaven was a middle thousand world.

It had no fixed entrance or exit. Even if mortals wanted to go west to worship Buddha, there was no gate and no path.

After leaving the restriction of the dojo’s dharma-protector grand formation, Starrealm Leap could be used normally.

Fortunately, the White Elephant Demon also possessed a shifting divine art and could coordinate with him. Otherwise, with the grade and effect of Starrealm Leap, it might not have been able to bring this senior brother back to town with him.

Lin Xun speculated that Penglai Immortal Island was probably similar to the Western Pure Bliss Heaven. Without a specific method to enter, even if he walked through the entire Chapter Eight map, he still would not be able to find it.

In the new chapter now, he had only unlocked two maps, the starting point Li Family Village and Wusi City. If he wanted to inquire about news and intelligence, he could only return to Wusi City.

[…]

[You and the White Elephant Demon wander through the city for a long time and see that the All Evil Precious Temple is being rebuilt. There are no monks inside, only extremely busy commoner disciples.]

[You change direction and head toward the former Wusi City government office…]

[This government office that once managed the city now has the plaque Wusi Altar hung high above it. Those stationed inside are not bailiffs, but people of the Fire-Worship Church.]

[In front of the government office gate, a squad of strong and powerful Fire-Worship soldiers stand guard. As soon as you and the White Elephant Demon approach the government office, they cast cold and malicious gazes toward you, clearly warning you not to approach this place.]

[You ignore their gazes and bring the White Elephant Demon to the main gate…]

[A leading military captain immediately shouts, bold unruly commoner, how can a sacred place of the altar be somewhere you can enter!]

[If you want to burn incense and worship Buddha, go elsewhere. Dare to take another half step forward, and I will take your dog life!]

[If unruly commoners dared to trespass into the altar at ordinary times, the military captain would have long since hacked them down with a blade without asking right or wrong.]

[It is just that the big-bellied brawny man behind you is a head taller than even the tallest guard soldier, with arms as thick as water vats, a waist thicker than three ordinary people combined, and an appearance so vicious and fiendish.]

[If such a person knew how to ride and shoot, then in the army, he would definitely be a first-rate brave military officer. Even if he knew no martial arts, putting on a suit of thousand-jin iron armor would allow him to charge through enemy lines as if entering an empty field.]

[The military captain does not chop you to death with one slash, but issues a verbal warning entirely because the big-bellied brawny man behind you looks like someone not to be trifled with.]

[When the White Elephant Demon hears the officer speak insolently, its brows stand upright and its eyes open wide in fury, causing the Fire-Worship soldiers guarding the gate to grip their weapons tightly as if facing a great enemy.]

[Yet it does not immediately erupt, instead waiting for you to speak.]

[You glance down at the military captain and say indifferently, you are merely a mortal commoner. It is one thing that you do not kneel and kowtow upon seeing me, but you still dare to speak insolently?]

[Who is the leader inside the altar? Quickly have that person come out to see this seat.]

[If an ordinary commoner were shouted at by the military captain like this, they would already be so frightened that their three hun souls would drift and their seven po souls wander. How would they still dare put on such an attitude?]

[Seeing that you do not seem to be bluffing, and that you call yourself ‘this seat,’ the military captain knows that your identity must not be simple. It cups its hands and bows, saying, may I ask this Living Buddha’s Dharma name, and for what matter you wish to see the altar master?]

[You take out a sutra from your robes, throw it to the military captain, and say, just go when I tell you to go. Why so much nonsense!]

[The military captain takes the sutra and looks at it. Its expression changes abruptly, and it hurriedly bows, saying, Living Buddha, please wait here for a moment…]

[After saying this, it breaks into a jog and goes to report.]

[Before long, the military captain returns and respectfully invites you inside.]

[You smile faintly and bring the White Elephant Demon into the depths of the altar…]