Chapter 182: Point for Point
Mr. Chen's tone was exceedingly gentle, as if he were speaking to a favored junior. But in Li Yanchu’s ears, his words rang hollow and insincere.
He suspected that anyone who hadn’t agreed to join... was probably already dead.
“Tonight?” Li Yanchu asked.
There were things lurking in the darkness that could reduce a person to bare bones in an instant. Instead of staying within the safety of the Daoist temple hall, they wanted to head out at night?
Li Yanchu couldn’t make sense of this move.
“That’s right. That jujube tree is enough to feed everyone for several days. If we don’t act tonight, who knows what might happen?”
Mr. Chen’s tone was mild. “As for the demonic and evil things in the darkness, Daoist Master Yanchu, you need not worry. The divine aura within the magical artifacts obtained from the Daoist temple halls can protect us.”
As he spoke, his gaze landed on the octagonal bronze bell hanging at Li Yanchu’s waist. He smiled faintly.
Magical artifacts from the Blissful Land in Mount Jinting could protect cultivators from evil spirits? Li Yanchu hadn’t noticed that before.
He glanced around the grand hall, and it seemed that everyone here possessed a magical artifact.
Mr. Chen continued with a smile, “This place is called the Blissful Land in Mount Jinting, one of the Seventy-Two Blissful Lands of Daoism. Each of us was teleported into a different Daoist temple hall. The first hall always contains a divine magical artifact. But the other Daoist temple halls may not.”
“Conservatively speaking, there are probably at least fifty to sixty cultivators who entered the Blissful Land in Mount Jinting this time. If we don’t go pick that jujube tree, someone else surely will.