Chapter 297: Earthbreaker Pearl, Shangguan Jin, and the Sealed Horror!
The so-called Merit Grove was also known as the Merit Grove. It was formed of tall pagodas one after another. This was the sacred ground of Jinguang Temple.
Ordinarily, the monks of the temple would often meditate here to comprehend the Dharma.
Now, however, they were all gathered within the pagodas, while Master Puxing strode quickly toward one seemingly ordinary pagoda. On the surface, it looked no different from the others.
But his eyes glinted with baleful light as he formed seals with his hands.
Then his mouth began to chant the Nine-Character Mantras, “Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen, Lie, Qian, Xing!”
Just then, blood began to seep from Puxing’s seven orifices, and his withered face was ghastly to behold. Yet he was utterly unmoved, and he continued to recite the Nine-Character Mantras!
Crack! It was as if something had shattered.
A surge of thick demonic qi rushed out, chilling the air to the point of freezing Puxing in place. But Master Puxing seemed to have anticipated this. Rather than alarm, he showed joy.
With respectful voice, he said, “I'm Shangguan Jin[1], Sect Master of the Thousand Illusions Sect. Greetings, Senior Ao Lie.”
There was then a deathly silence. At last, a cold, sinister voice replied, “Thousand Illusions Sect... never heard of it...”
“Thousand Illusions Sect’s patriarch, Daoist Master Liang, was an old acquaintance of Senior.”
“Ah... so you are Daoist Liang’s descendant... kekeke... Daoist Liang’s arts were truly profound. How is it that his descendants are so feeble?”