Chapter 396 - Shuddering (1/2)
Chapter 396 ShudderingWhen Feihong Bodhisattva retrieved the Jade Vase, Li Ye came before her. After glancing at the vase, he said with folded hands, “Thank you for your help.”
Feihong Bodhisattva said lightly, “I’m not helping you.”
Li Ye smiled and said, “Are you helping yourself?”
Feihong Bodhisattva looked at Li Ye aboveboard and said naturally, “You’re my lucky chance and good for my cultivation, so I don’t want you to die so early.”
Li Ye nodded and said with no modesty, “I can’t refute that.”
It was true. After Feihong Bodhisattva entered the secret region, her cultivation was significantly improved. As Zhang Ji’s deputy, although He Jingcheng’s cultivation and fighting ability were lower than Feihong Bodhisattva’s, Feihong Bodhisattva couldn’t defeat him so easily before entering the secret region.
Otherwise, when Chen Jizhen and Huang Jingyuan appeared, Feihong Bodhisattva could have resolved them easily. Then, there wouldn’t be the battle in the secret region.
Li Ye was getting more and more powerful in the secret region, so was Feihong Bodhisattva.
After Li Ye comprehended the Tao of Yin and Yang, he could use the “Purple Qi Yin and Yang” very smoothly. Feihong Bodhisattva’s movement seemed casual, but it was full of the power of the Tao of Yin and Yang so that He Jingcheng couldn’t resist at all.
However, even though Li Ye couldn’t refute it, it didn’t mean there was no mistake.
Feihong Bodhisattva noticed Li Ye’s eyes. “Are you interested in my wine pot?”
The wine pot she said referred to the Jade Vase. It was a famous Magic Treasure in the immortal territory. She seldom used it to fight, but often used it as a wine pot in daily life.
Many Great Cultivators had a grievance about the way she used the Jade Vase and criticized that she misused it, but Feihong Bodhisattva never cared.
The Jade Vase could be filled with a lot of wine, enough to drink forever. Common Magic Treasures couldn’t be so powerful. It was good and suitable for a lover of wine.
Of course, Li Ye wouldn’t say that he was very thirsty for the Jade Vase. After all, in the previous battle, a few drops of water from the willow branch made He Jingcheng retreat in a panic not only because of the improvement of Feihong Bodhisattva’s strength but also because of the power of the Jade Vase.
Li Ye said earnestly, “I probably want to drink wine.”
Upon hearing this, Feihong Bodhisattva smiled immediately.
In fact, the biggest loneliness of drunkards was that no one drank with them. However, instead of throwing the Jade Vase to Li Ye, she said slowly, “Don’t you feel embarrassed that I always invite you to drink?”
What she said was true. Since they entered the secret region, Feihong Bodhisattva always invited Li Ye to drink wine. After all, Li Ye wasn’t so interested in the wine that he wouldn’t always carry it.
Li Ye smiled and said, “Then, how about going to Taiyuan? I heard that the specialty of Taiyuan, ‘Ten Step Drunk’ is the rare good wine. It’s strong and fragrant.”
Feihong Bodhisattva said, “Let’s go now!”
Li Ye ordered all the demons, Nangong Diyi, and the others. “Retreat and return to Taiyuan!”
Then, they flew to Taiyuan together.
As Feihong Bodhisattva went with Li Ye, “the enemy of Land Buddhism”, the monks of Land Buddhism looked at each other and couldn’t figure out what was on Feihong Bodhisattva’s mind.
However, ordinary people couldn’t understand what was on her mind. They were at different levels. The arhats’ realm was too low to understand that. Therefore, they had no choice but to keep up.
Nangong Diyi caught up with Li Ye and asked, “The people brought by Zhang Ji are more powerful than 72 Earth Devils. Although Zhang Ji is dead now, the cultivators he brought are still there. Will they follow us?”
Nangong Diyi’s concern was reasonable. The cultivators brought by Zhang Ji were very powerful. Even if Li Ye was in his prime, he wasn’t sure that he could deal with them. After all, it was difficult for him to deal with He Jingcheng, and what was more, he was very weak now.
But Li Ye was not worried at all. He glanced at Feihong Bodhisattva and said, “Don’t worry. They dare not.”
What he meant was that they didn’t dare to take action for the time being because Feihong Bodhisattva was here.
Nangong Diyi nodded and felt relieved. But his worries didn’t go away entirely because he didn’t know what Feihong Bodhisattva was going to do.
“The Pinglu Army occupied Taiyuan. Li Keyong retreated to Daibei. The core base of Land Buddhism in the Tang Empire is going to collapse. Will Feihong Bodhisattva help Li Keyong fight back?”
“This is about the plan of Land Buddhism.”
“Moreover, the competition for the Luck of heaven is over. How long will Feihong Bodhisattva stay in Hedong?”
“How long will the Immortal Court allow Feihong Bodhisattva to stay in the Tang Empire?”
Li Ye didn’t seem to think of it or worry about it.