Light rain fell, and the sky was gloomy.
Xie Lingyu sat quietly by the railing of the courtyard, her gaze calmly looking towards the direction of the Western Niu Continent.
This courtyard was located on the peak in the Eastern Divine Continent closest to the Western Niu Continent. With a cultivator's gaze looking out, one could see the faint, nearby conditions in the direction of the Western Niu Continent.
Amidst the swirling clouds and mist, and within her worried heart… It was still too far to see clearly.
"Martial Uncle, it's useless to keep looking like this."
Cui Hao stood a little further away. Although he said this, his gaze also followed Xie Lingyu's direction, staring straight towards the Western Niu Continent.
Hearing this, Xie Lingyu retracted her gaze, gently rubbing a transparent token with a hint of golden flowing light in her hand.
Although she knew she had to wait for the token's reaction, her gaze would always unconsciously drift towards the Western Niu Continent.
The Buddhist sect's Tribulation Transcendence cultivators making a massive move was a huge event. If something truly went wrong and she saw it from here, she wouldn't need to wait for the token's message.
Chu Xingchen had handed the most important support task to her.
All Xie Lingyu could do was not let down what Chu Xingchen had entrusted to her; to this end, she naturally would do as much as she could.
When it comes to giving, it has always been about affection and the person, not about the amount or gains and losses.
Favoritism is the same.
Seeing Xie Lingyu's tense expression, Cui Hao smiled and said:
"Since ancient times, waiting has been the most taxing on the mind. Martial Uncle has been sitting here for several days now; you should relax a little. When the message arrives, there will truly be a lot to be busy with. Your energy shouldn't be spent on waiting."
Xie Lingyu nodded slightly. Looking into the distance again, she knew she actually couldn't see the situation clearly, and what Cui Hao said made sense.
"Alright, I understand."
Xie Lingyu said as she stood up, preparing to head down the mountain to see if any additional intelligence had just arrived.
But after taking two steps, she found Cui Hao still standing in place, his gaze looking towards the Western Niu Continent.
"Aren't you coming?" Xie Lingyu asked in confusion.
"My cultivation is low, and my responsibility isn't as great as Martial Uncle's," Cui Hao turned his gaze back and smiled. "It doesn't matter if I'm a bit haggard. I'll stay and keep watch for Martial Uncle."
Hearing this, Xie Lingyu didn't know whether to laugh or not, looking at Cui Hao's serious expression.
No wonder everyone else said Cui Hao was most like Chu Xingchen.
In terms of somewhat shameless answers, they indeed had a lot in common!
Xie Lingyu thought for a moment, then finally smiled and answered in a way like Chu Xingchen:
"Then I'll leave this important matter to you. No slacking off."
Cui Hao looked surprised for a moment, then smiled and promised:
"Guaranteed to complete the glorious task Martial Uncle has assigned to me!"
Xie Lingyu smiled and nodded, but just as she was about to turn and leave, the token at her waist suddenly flashed with spiritual light, transforming into a stream of golden light and surging into her hand.
Her expression changed instantly, and her figure turned into a rainbow light, darting straight down the mountain.
Cui Hao also immediately abandoned the important task he had just taken on, following right behind Xie Lingyu.
However, the gap in cultivation between Cui Hao and Xie Lingyu was too great.
By the time he had just reached the foot of the mountain, he saw that many Tianyan Sect cultivators were already moving towards the Western Niu Continent under Xie Lingyu's command.
For such a major support operation, contingency plans had already been made before the action. Everyone knew what they had to do; they were just waiting for a single order.
If they were to assign tasks one by one at the time of support… let alone providing support, whether they could even see the people was a question.
Cui Hao looked up at the dozens of rainbow lights flying into the sky, and hurriedly walked to Xie Lingyu's side, asking:
"Aren't we going to follow them?"
"The Tribulation Transcendence cultivator sent by Xuanqing Heavenly Sect for reinforcement hasn't arrived yet. He doesn't know the plan yet; we have to go and receive him first," Xie Lingyu replied quickly.
Cui Hao nodded, and just as he was about to follow, a powerful Divine Sense swept over.
"No need, he's already here."
As soon as the words fell.
Huang Miao descended on his sword. His gaze swept past Cui Hao and naturally landed on Xie Lingyu:
"Xie Lingyu? Bai Xuanling's disciple?"
Xie Lingyu saluted and said, "It is exactly this junior. The message has arrived at this moment, and the senior needs to rush to the Western Niu Continent immediately. There is already support waiting at the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, so please head straight there!"
Huang Miao remained silent, and his figure didn't move either.
Seeing the indifferent Huang Miao, Xie Lingyu immediately asked with an anxious tone:
"What is Senior Huang waiting for?"
Huang Miao's gaze was calm, but he took out a message transmission token from his hand.
However, before Huang Miao could speak, Cui Hao stepped forward, walked in front of Xie Lingyu, cupped his hands, and said:
"I am Chu Xingchen's fifth personal disciple, Cui Hao. Senior is Senior Huang, correct?"
Huang Miao's expression relaxed slightly:
"I received a message in haste telling me to rush over quickly. I don't trust Bai Xuanling's disciple, so you tell me what the situation is."
Cui Hao didn't answer this question directly; he just stepped aside slightly, letting Huang Miao's gaze fall on Xie Lingyu again.
"This lady is my Shiniang," Cui Hao said with an extremely firm tone.
Hearing this, Huang Miao swept his gaze over Xie Lingyu again. Then, without saying a single word, he put away the jade message token, his figure turning into a rainbow light and heading straight towards the Western Niu Continent.
Seeing this, Xie Lingyu breathed a sigh of relief and looked back towards the Western Niu Continent.
Cui Hao quickly spoke at her side:
"Shiniang, are you alright?"
Xie Lingyu shook her head:
"I'm fine, thank you."
Cui Hao looked serious and said:
"It's too distant for Shiniang to thank me. Master taught us that for family, we can only eat delicious food; taking a loss is something reserved for outsiders."
"However, Shiniang doesn't need to take this matter to heart. It's estimated that this Tribulation Transcendence cultivator just has a grudge against Senior Bai; he wasn't targeting you."
"Naturally, I'll go tattle to Master about this later."
Xie Lingyu nodded slightly:
"I haven't taken it to heart, and there's no need to tattle. Let's set off for the Western Niu Continent immediately."
"Yes, Shiniang, no problem, Shiniang," Cui Hao agreed very quickly.
Xie Lingyu glanced at Cui Hao, who had suddenly started calling her 'Shiniang' extremely smoothly.
She roughly understood why Chu Xingchen would let her bring Cui Hao along to handle matters.
In terms of agility of mind and reading the room, she was indeed much inferior to Cui Hao.
Western Niu Continent, Zhengyin Dharma Temple.
Ever since the battle in the Southern Continent, when all the Tribulation Transcendence cultivators of the Western Niu Continent went to reinforce, and the Buddhist sect's various Buddhas crossed the Pudu River.
This important Buddhist temple, originally under the jurisdiction of Daoist Yuyang, was also very close to the Pudu River and had long been reclaimed by the Buddhist sect.
This Buddhist temple was also rebuilt by the Buddhist sect, after all, it was still the evidence and legal basis for the Buddhist sect's presence in the Western Niu Continent.
Runan was currently sitting quietly in the Mahavira Hall, with Arhats and Bodhisattvas standing on the left and right.
At this moment, besides Runan, who was a Buddha, there was another Buddha standing beside him with a fawning smile. This Buddha was the abbot of the Zhengyin Dharma Temple—Ruzhong.
In the past, the Buddhist sect sent Ruzhong to guard the Zhengyin Dharma Temple and the Radiant Buddha beneath the temple.
Now it was obvious that this Ruzhong, this Karma Buddha, had messed up both tasks.
Moreover, his attitude of deliberately messing them up was also very obvious.
At critical moments, this Karma Buddha always dropped the most critical ball.
"Senior Brother Ruzhong, do you know why I only came to see you today?"
Runan's voice was calm, and his gaze held a hint of expectation as he looked at Ruzhong.
Ruzhong's expression turned serious as he thought for a moment before speaking:
"Because you need to kill the Mahayana Buddhist Teachings first; this matter is more important than anything else."
Runan's face changed: "Senior Brother, do you really think that?"
"If that's not it…" Ruzhong smiled, "then it means you are giving me time to think of an excuse."
As his words fell.
The atmosphere in the hall instantly became extremely solemn.
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