Chapter 201: Have I always been a string puppet in my older sister's hands?_2
Tap, tap, tap——
The crisp sound of high heels hitting the ground echoed from the deck of the Flying Boat, only to see Pei Wanyu in a deep purple Ru skirt standing at the bow of the ship, the black mist spreading under the night sky, obscuring the moonlight, suppressing all the Buddha Light.
She said nothing, yet imparted a powerful pressure that was almost suffocating to everyone present.
The Wealth Merit Buddha knew that Pei Wanyu, who rarely came out of Wandao Sect, was the leader of this mission, but this was the first time he faced Pei Wanyu directly.
Within Wandao Sect, Pei Wanyu was the Deputy Sect Master who acted the least.
Although it was clear that this unbelievably beautiful woman should not be underestimated, it was only when facing her directly that the Wealth Merit Buddha realized that under the Divine Concealment, probably no one was her match.
"Master Pei." The Wealth Merit Buddha gave a bow, but Pei Wanyu did not acknowledge him, only calmly watching her treasured disciple as she pulled the corpses of the demon beasts into the Yinming Space.
The Wealth Merit Buddha silently watched this scene, and after a while, seeing the corpses disappearing from view, he was about to speak when he heard Lu Jin'an continue, "Check to see if there are any survivors."
"Master Lu." The Wealth Merit Buddha changed the form of address, "All beings have a fate; you've already committed murder, why not..."
Lu Jin'an waved his hand nonchalantly, and the Tribulation Crossing Realm practitioners of Wandao Sect began to move.
But soon enough, there were rustling sounds from behind the trees not far away, and a girl with a dog tail lunged towards Lu Jin'an.
Seated on the Lotus Platform, the Wealth Merit Buddha sat up straight, a glint of curiosity in his eyes as he looked at the Little Dog Girl, but he did not speak.
Lu Jin'an effortlessly grabbed the back of the Little Dog Girl's neck and glanced at the Tribulation Crossing Realm practitioners who had stopped: "Dig three feet deep... if she dares to come out now, it can only mean she's trying to protect someone more important."
The Dog Girl in his hand struggled more fiercely at this moment, and the Wealth Merit Buddha gave Lu Jin'an a deep look: "Your style, Young Friend Lu, is truly like someone of the Demon Path."
Lu Jin'an returned to the Flying Boat, stood by Pei Wanyu's side, and gave the Wealth Merit Buddha a slight smile, "Well said."
The Wealth Merit Buddha's smile faded slightly, his gaze sharpened, "The Holy Land of the Buddhist Sect... what do you mean, Saint Lu?"
Pei Wanyu snorted coldly, the black mist surged, seeming to conceal a Fierce Beast within, and the turbulent movement caused the Lotus Platform under the Wealth Merit Buddha to sway a few times.
The Wealth Merit Buddha's expression darkened slightly; he glanced at Pei Wanyu, gripped the Zen Stick tightly, and snorted coldly.
Pei Wanyu chuckled lightly, patting Lu Jin'an's back, noticing that the Dog Girl he held started struggling even more fiercely, she lowered her gaze to look.
Sure enough, several Tribulation Crossing Realm practitioners found a younger dog-tailed girl.
Pei Wanyu glanced indifferently at the Wealth Merit Buddha, waved her slender hand dyed in red rouge, and with a gentle sweep of her sleeve, the dog-tailed girl was swept onto the Flying Boat by the black mist.
Lu Jin'an released the girl he was holding, who quickly ran over to hug the little girl tightly in her arms, with a hint of despair in her eyes.
"Sister, that big... will come to save..." The girl hadn't finished her sentence before the girl hurriedly covered the little girl's mouth, staring hard at Lu Jin'an.
After ordering the Flying Boat to set off again, Lu Jin'an turned to look at the two dog-eared beast girls.
"Saint Heir, these two dog demons..." Xu Shu glanced at Lu Jin'an, carefully choosing his words to speak, "The wildfires burn endlessly..."
"Junior Master Xu, I have my own judgment." Lu Jin'an spoke softly, looking at the girl, and sighed gently, "Are you human or a demon?"
Hearing the voice of her good disciple, Pei Wanyu narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, Time Law cycled around her, a hint of peculiarity in her eyes.
"I've heard it all." Lu Jin'an continued, "You all wish to seek liberation from me."
The ten thousand demon beasts of Lingbao Mountain are hard to enter the reincarnation cycle, unable to die.
Under the operation of a certain secret technique similar to the Human Emperor Banner, their souls were imprisoned in the present world, unable to reincarnate, and the soul was then split into pieces and cast into newly born bodies.
The demon beasts of Lingbao Mountain seemed to have a heritage of thousands of years, but in fact, the inner soul had always been the same 'demon.'
If the number of 'souls' could not keep up with the newly born bodies, then the souls of the 'humans' of Lingshan Buddhist Sect believers would be filled in.
The reason for doing so is simple: if it's always the same group of 'demon' or 'human' souls, then there's no need to go through the trouble of starting training from scratch each time.
Relying on the spell of 'Soul Externalization,' the demon beasts born on Lingbao Mountain were both 'old' and 'new,' and more importantly, extremely easy to control.
But after so many years, for some unknown reason, this group of demon beasts seemed to have awakened with 'self,' no longer willing to be the whetstone for the Buddhist Sect, and then...
They attacked the fleet of Wandao Sect and tried to kill Lu Jin'an.
Who awakened them?
How did they hide it from Lingshan?
And how did they know the route of the Wandao Sect's Flying Boat?
Lu Jin'an did not find the truth from the souls of these demon beasts.
Did someone erase the traces, or did someone with divine skills set up a long-distance plan from an extremely distant location?
Lu Jin'an did not know, but the only certain thing was, the little girl in his sight was the only brand new 'life' born by Lingbao Mountain over the years.
While longing for liberation, the demons of Lingbao Mountain wanted this little dog demon to escape Lingshan.
Lu Jin'an continued, "Who... asked you to find me?"
The girl lowered her eyes and said nothing, and the little girl bared her teeth at Lu Jin'an, looking both naive and fierce.
"If you don't speak, I'll have to take action." Lu Jin'an once again grasped the hilt of Netherworld Validation's sword, "Originally, you were just tools used by Lingshan to scrape merit; I didn't want to meddle, but Lingshan's continuous use of the same batch of souls is excessive...
Furthermore, I sincerely don't want to leave a hidden danger for myself."
Squeak——
With the sound of a long sword being unsheathed, the dog-tailed girl quickly spoke, "I'm human!"
Lu Jin'an nodded, "Continue."
The girl knelt on the Flying Boat's deck, her forehead touching the ground, "Thank you, thank you."
Pei Wanyu looked at the girl and suddenly asked, "Do you know who we are?"
The girl hurriedly shook her head, but after looking up at Lu Jin'an, she nodded, "He, his name is Lu Jin'an."
Pei Wanyu looked at Lu Jin'an, and after a short silence, Lu Jin'an asked, "What else do you know?"
The girl shook her head, "Nothing, I don't know anything else."
Lu Jin'an looked at the girl for a few seconds and slowly asked, "Where do you want to go?"
The girl blurted out, "Kill me!"
With these words, her somewhat childlike face twisted, the agony in her eyes impossible to conceal.
Many humans or demons don't want to die, but for the demons of Lingbao Mountain, their desire for death outweighs their desire for life.
"Alright." Pei Wanyu looked calmly at the girl, raising her finger to the little girl, "But you must explain everything clearly to her, otherwise she must die as well."
"Thank you, fairy, thank you, fairy..."
The girl quickly kowtowed, as if she had gained a slight trace of vitality only now.
The little girl, puzzled, looked at her sister, then bared her teeth at Lu Jin'an again, "Sister will come to save us... She promised, taught me to practice, she keeps her word..."
The girl hurriedly covered the little girl's mouth, and Lu Jin'an became interested, "Who is sister?"
The girl hastily explained, "A passerby, from the Eastern."
Lu Jin'an nodded slightly without asking more, then turned to Pei Wanyu and said, "Master, your disciple wants to visit other demon clan gatherings in the Radiant Domain... to verify something."
Pei Wanyu did not ask him what he wanted to verify, she raised her hand and snapped her fingers near his cheek, a fine, bright black feather merged into his body, "This will prevent those bald monks of Lingshan from discovering you."
Lu Jin'an bowed, and Pei Wanyu draped a black cloak vestment robe over him, then nodded, "Go."
Lu Jin'an affirmed with a sound and directly leapt off the Flying Boat.
Facing the faint moonlight, Lu Jin'an clearly felt his heartbeat continuously speeding up.
He only wanted to verify one thing – was what was happening orchestrated by his sister?
Was he... always just the string puppet in her hands?
Lu Jin'an was desperate to know this answer... he had never been so anxious.
On the deck of the Flying Boat, watching Lu Jin'an's departing figure, Pei Wanyu raised her hand lightly, the stream of Time Rule passing like a silver river.
She lowered her gaze, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
Who was using the Time Rule to oppose her?
Pressing her red lips together, Pei Wanyu retracted her Divine Skills, looking at the girl and little girl huddled together.
"Come in with me and first tell me about that 'sister' you encountered."
Pei Wanyu doubted that this 'sister' was Lu Yunzhu, but whether she was connected with Lu Yunzhu... remained unclear.
She hadn't 'seen' the outcome.
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