Though Cui Yujun came from a noble family, she was an ordinary mortal woman, not a vessel like Yun'er or Man'er. Using her body to remove the Buddha's Light from my True Qi would cause her no harm.
I kept only a small portion of the True Qi in my dantian, channeling the rest into Cui Yujun's pussy. Such large amounts of True Qi were naturally beyond the ability of a mortal woman to bear.
Thus, I compressed all the True Qi into the form of a pill, also using it to strengthen her body and cleanse her essence. Though this could not make her join the path of cultivation, it would lengthen her lifespan and keep her young.
Consider it payment for taking your virginity and borrowing your womb to purify my True Qi.
As I carefully removed the layers of Buddha's Light, the True Qi within Cui Yujun's pussy finally became pure and clean. This Buddha's Light was sneaky but not very strong; it could only exist by feeding on others' True Qi. Once separated, it could not survive alone and was easily removed with little effort.
This is why I sought out another woman instead of using Yun'er and Man'er's bodies to purge the light. Both mother and daughter carried the Lust Pill Inner Dan I had planted within them. Had I used their bodies for cleansing, the light might have taken their essence, turning all three of us into puppets of the void.
Once I confirmed my True Qi had been purified and no other evil forces remained within me, I guided the True Qi back into my own body. Using the dual cultivation of yin and yang, as the True Qi circulated within the two women, it not only failed to harm their meridians or spiritual essence but even slightly produced a lingering, pleasurable feeling like lovemaking. Cui Yujun's renewed moans and sighs were proof enough. Once all my True Qi was reabsorbed, I could likely pin the seemingly reluctant yet physically willing Magistrate wife beneath me once more.
Just as I was about to redirect my qi, a sudden surge of energy struck from behind!
"No!"
I quickly severed the flow. To stop the recoiling qi from harming Cui Yujun, I hurriedly sealed her dantian, halting the uncontrolled energy from tearing through her body and causing her to explode.
But that brief hesitation was all it took. The powerful qi surged behind me. I could only twist sideways in time. With my qi reserves emptied, I had no time to summon protective energy. A burning pain erupted as my body flew backward, crashing through three walls before finally stopping.
"How utterly bold of you, fellow practitioner! This monk offered warm hospitality, yet you killed my temple's disciples and defiled my temple's devotees. Though the Buddha is merciful, and I meant to spare your life, how can this monk possibly respond to such actions?"
I spat a mouthful of blood, watching Kongyan stroll leisurely toward me in the moonlight. My left arm lay shattered, and most of the True Qi within my qi sea remained trapped inside Cui Yujun's body.
I sat cross-legged, seemingly unconcerned by my disadvantage.
Kongyan showed no urgency either. He didn't glance at Cui Yujun, still unconscious in the room. Instead, he strolled slowly to my side. The golden bowl that had shattered my left arm spun above my head, its towering, righteous Buddha's Light pinning on me to the spot me from moving.
"From our first meeting, I sensed a deep connection between us. Especially your lovely companion, truly a gift from heaven! At such a young age, you have already entered the realm of Heart Awakening, no doubt greatly helped by that mother and daughter. I had no intention of taking what belongs to others, but how could I stand by while you treated them so poorly? They were like pearls cast before swine! This monk had no choice but to act. So, I hope you will understand."
Kongyan spoke with fake holiness, yet when he mentioned Yun'er and Man'er, the greedy gleam in his eyes was impossible to conceal, he was nearly identical to the dead Zhengde monk.
I lifted my head, wiping the blood from my lips: "Have you rejoiced too soon?"
"Not at all~ Not at all~" My defiant stance seemed to spark a thrill in Kongyan. His left hand made a gesture, and the golden bowl hovering above my head blazed with bright light. Countless beams of Buddha's Light pressed down on my body like a real force, forcing me to assume a kneeling position.
"Huh?"
Seeing me remain unyielding, skin cracking, bones creaking under the pressure yet still standing tall, head held high and my qi sea and dantian were utterly emptied, there was no way I could withstand the Buddha's Light's pressure.
"Fucking… idiot…"
Though the pain silenced my voice, and Kongyan couldn't hear the words, my expression alone made it clear, I wasn't praising him.
Just as Kongyan prepared to end me with a single palm strike, a thunderous dragon's roar erupted from the secluded courtyard of the guest quarters in the distance!
Kongyan whipped his head around in shock. Monks surrounding the courtyard were sent flying by a tremendous blast. Out of the vast night, a green dragon suddenly rose from the ground. Ten feet long, it bore twin horns on its head, and its half-open jaws hinted at flickering lightning.
"This… this is the Azure Dragon of the South Sea! I knew Mo Qing's horse was no ordinary beast, I never imagined it was the Azure Dragon incarnation! Excellent! Excellent! Heaven truly favors me! Not only did it send me a pair of perfect vessels, but it also bestowed upon me an Azure Dragon as my guardian beast!"
"I told you! Don't get too damn excited too soon!"
"What?!"
Monk Kongyan spun around in panic, his face still filled with joy, only to meet my double fists in mid-air.
Under normal circumstances, this punch alone would have sent Kongyan spitting three liters of blood. But alas, my qi sea was depleted. That punch had nearly shattered my qi sea, and only by exploiting Kongyan's distraction had I barely managed to knock the golden bowl off his.
Due to the damage from the earlier ambush, this blow carried less than a third of my usual power. When met by Kongyan's protective aura, it could only send him stumbling.
"Quickly stop it! Don't let that Azure Dragon escape!"
The monks in the distance were no match for my horse. Kongyan watched the Azure dragon about to break free in midair, then glanced at me, covered in blood. His expression wavered, as if weighing whether to kill me first or intercept the dragon first.
I knew this was my only chance. I violently summoned the nearly depleted True Qi within me. Forcibly squeezed from my dantian Qi sea. it was on the brink of collapse. Yet even then, it felt insufficient!
"You fucking bald monk, I'll blow you to hell!"
My furious roar echoed as my dantian sea of qi violently shattered. A surge of explosive True Qi instantly filled my body!
The qi sea, nearly perfected into a valley after ten years of hard cultivation, vanished in an instant. Yet I cared not for that now. Clenching my fingers into swords, I channeled the righteous energy within me. Ten thousand strands of True Qi gathered behind me, transforming into an endless sea of sword light!
"Exterminate!"
Kongyan's face twisted with panic. He hadn't expected me to detonate my dantian Qi sea so decisively. In his haste, he unleashed several Buddhist palms, but each was sliced apart by the sword light. Even his golden bowl was pierced by my sword energy, reduced to scrap metal!
"Master, save me!"
Kongyan hurriedly summoned his protective Vajra. A three-meter-tall golden arhat barely shielded him from being pierced by ten thousand swords. Yet even so, the protective Vajra was already crumbling. Unless Kongyan too detonated his qi sea like me, being stuck through the heart by countless blades was only a matter of time.
"Alas, Kongyan, how can you possibly inherit the Buddha's lineage and attain the supreme Dao with such actions?"
As an old sigh echoed, I suddenly sensed the very fabric of heaven and earth shifting around me. In my panic, I saw Bodhisattvas and Arhats rising from the ground. When I regained my senses, I found myself within an immense, grand Buddhist hall!
"Demon!"
"Sinner!"
"Execute him!"
"He must be slain!"
A hundred-foot-tall Buddha filled the sky, condemning me with words. The True Qi I gained by detonating my qi sea melted away under their pressure like snow in spring!
"What crime has this man committed?" Seated among the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas was an elderly monk with kind features. Perched upon a lotus throne, his hands formed the lotus position. Towering ten thousand feet tall, a dazzling halo shone behind his head, blinding me.
The Bodhisattvas and Arhats responded in unison.
"Greed, anger, ignorance, lust, all sins imaginable!"
"Such is his crime? He shall be sentenced to the Lotus Fire Tribulation!"
The old monk's finger flickered, and a searing flame wrapped in Buddha's Light surged toward me. I knew escape was impossible, but even in death, I would stand my ground!
I reached to pull out my severed arm bone, intending to wield it as a sword against this old monk. He was likely at the level of an earthly immortal, but surrender was never in my blood.
Even if I did, would he spare me?
Before I could act, a sword beam streaked across ten thousand miles.
"You old bald-headed fool, you dare insult my disciple?"
"What?"
The monk's eyes blazed with fury as he flashed through countless incantations, yet they failed to stop the sword beam. The sword beam, like a silver river spilling from the heavens, outshone the moon's glow. The countless Arhats and Bodhisattvas, each displaying their divine powers, were cut down one by one. Within mere breaths, the grand Buddhist temple collapsed with a thunderous crash, and the sky filled with falling Buddhas!
The Buddha statue, towering ten thousand feet high, shattered with a thunderous crash, revealing an old monk covered in sword wounds.
The old monk spat a mouthful of blood. The lotus stand beneath him crumbled to dust, and the black monk's robe he wore tore apart in shreds.
"Master…"
Gazing at the ethereal, stunning figure before me, I finally collapsed.