Chapter 74: The Fallen Monk Huaixin
The corpse of the old man in the black robe looked as if it had been torn apart by some primordial beast. There was absolutely no sense of beauty to it.
Still, Bai Hongtu breathed a quiet sigh of relief in his heart. That elder’s strength had been truly terrifying. He exchanged a glance with Li Yanchu, and the two men smiled knowingly.
Without needing a word, Bai Hongtu cast a stream of fire over the black-robed elder’s remains, reducing them to ashes. Clearly, he was very practiced at this sort of thing. After the black-robed elder’s death, the towering resentment that had engulfed the Feng residence suddenly vanished.
From somewhere deep within the compound, a brilliant golden light erupted. Then came a sharp crack, as if something had shattered. From that direction, a vast and imposing aura rippled outward.
A moment later, a tall and imposing middle-aged monk, radiating a fierce aura, charged over with a monk’s staff in hand.
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The explosion at the Feng residence had sparked a fire, but it was quickly brought under control. Earlier, the main issue had been the overwhelming vengeful qi, which caused anyone entering to be trapped in ghost mazes.
Now that the black-robed elder had been slain by Li Yanchu, that structure of resentment had been broken, and both the rescue effort and firefighting progressed smoothly.
Master Huizhen from Lingxi Temple also joined in the rescue efforts. He had previously been trapped by the black-robed elder, and it was he who wounded the elder in the first place.
After a long night of chaos, dawn finally began to break. Li Yanchu invited Master Huizhen to sit and rest at the Taiping Inn, and Bai Hongtu followed along.
Master Huizhen was tall and imposing, with a sharp, piercing gaze. He looked to be around forty years old, and did not resemble a typical Buddhist monk devoted to quiet meditation. Rather, he looked like a martial monk, a guardian of the Dharma.
“Master Huizhen, do you know who that black-robed elder was last night?” Li Yanchu asked.