Chapter 280 (1/2)
Chapter 280
The Golden Snakes<hr>
The girl stared up at hi and her bloodless face etched with confusion, relief, and gratitudeAs Li Yundong rose to his feet, his heart all but sank to his toesInstead of finding Su Chan, he had just rave mistake
”It's you” The pause in that voice allowed Li Yundong to register the astonish warrior”
What? Young warrior?
He turned around to face the owner of the voice: an old laolden kasaya
The old ed on the floorBoth of his hands were occupied: prayer beads in his left hand; a wooden fish in his right
Li Yundong frowned”You know rin”Of courseYou're the one who—”
The la whipped his head to his left, towards the edge of the circular roo to his feetThe shackles were still attached to his wrists and ankles, but the chains were broken
Theonce thought that Lin Youfa's transfor he'd beenPanicked screaolden anacondaA giant anaconda whose girth was about the same size as a standard water bucketAnd as if that wasn't bad enough, the anaconda was freakishly longEven when coiled up, its body occupied about a quarter of the large rooed at Li Yundong
Li Yundong leaped aside, and the anaconda slithered past him
Only then did he realize that he wasn't the anaconda's real target at all
It was the girlThe snake was going after the girl
The anaconda bit off an entire chunk of the toteirl's wrists and ankles snappedThe girl shot Li Yundong another grateful look before she, too, transfor pounced just as the two anacondas slithered down the side of the paGodaHe ed to catch one of the anacondas' tail and then hold on to it with all his ht
The anaconda twisted its body, and its scaly skin slid out of Li Yundong's gripTwo bright flashes lit up the side of the paGoda seconds later
The anacondas were gone
Li Yundong turned around and walked back to the center of the circular roo hi in a circular for hiot down on one knee and bowed his head in shaan”My recklessness has caused trouble for Xiyuan Temple” He paused to take a breath”I am prepared to accept any punishs”
Silence reigned
Li Yundong kept his head low as his cheeks burned
Then, the old la's head shot up in surprise
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The wrinkles on the old lahter shook his shouldersAt one point, the old th eyebrows to sway fro stammered
What the heck was so funny?
The la's shouldersHe realized then that the laathered in the room
”This kid is so funny, isn't he?” the old lama said loudly
Soft chuckles filled the roolanced around the roo at him
Okay… what?
”Bless Wu Hua and his divination skills, truly,” the old laer lahtNot even once!” The old lama chuckled to himself after that
”Amitabha,” one of the lamas piped up”It would appear that there is a first ti, Master”
The old lahter
Li Yundong stared at the oldhis confusion, the old la and smiled at him”Wu Hua, one of my disciples, has recently predicted that trouble would befall the te the course of this ritual” The old lama's smile crinkled his face further”I just didn't know that it would be a cala lowered his head in shahed and shook his head”As I said earlier, I am prepared to accept any form of punishment you deem necessary to—”
Someone burst into the room
”You fool! What have you done?”
Li Yundong raised his head and saw thea beeline towards him
”Wait,” said the old la in confusion”Master?”
”You're dis your pardon, Master?”
”I said you're dised laestion”Master” The ed lama took a deep breath, then exhaled”Thisin here and interrupting the ritualPlease allow me to—”
The old lama raised his palaze around the circular roohtly and retreatedThe other lamas rose from the floor and filed out of the roo and the old lama were the only ones left in the roo above them, of course
The old lama rose to his feet and put his prayer beads awayFrom inside his robe, he pulled out a san a series of percussions by knocking the wooden fish with the stickThe old lama's lips moved soundlessly as he chanted a mantraSeconds later, the arhats above the roofless paGoda began to disperse
It took about five one
”Co him towards the roo the Fan of Seven Treasures, Li Yundong followed the old la was suess, this was the old lama's personal quarters
As they entered the roo paused at the doorway and said, ”I'm terribly sorry about the ritual, Venerable Master” And not to e he'd inflicted on the paGoda's roofCorrection: there wasn't even a roof now, since he'd blown it away
The old la