Chapter 1023 - Dafo Temple, Thousand Buddhas (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Before Evil Emperor arrived, Happy did not intend to fight against anyone from Class One Hall or get into any conflict with them.

This was naturally not because Happy was afraid of Class One Hall suddenly becoming stronger, but because he really did not have much time left. To prevent any unforeseen circumstances from happening, Happy slipped away to shake off the Class One Hall members tailing him. He took a turn in the market, changed into a general set of equipment commonly seen among other players, switched to a new human skin mask, and shook off those boring spies.

After all, he did not have a clear sect emblem on his body. In fact, he had never revealed his real identity since the beginning.

Happy walked past the people who were originally tailing him. They were looking all over the place as Happy walked into the crowd in a relaxed manner. Then, he left the city quickly.

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Dafo Temple was an abandoned temple that was left behind since ancient times.

From the outside, it was a very dilapidated place, and it had already been turned into ruins. But if anyone went inside, they would see thousands of Buddha statues of varying sizes.

They either laid down by the side, sat down, or put on other postures. They looked alive and incredibly solmen, and they were scattered everywhere in Dafo Temple.

It was strange.

This place was clearly left in ruins, but once anyone approached these Buddha statues and saw the postures and hand gestures from these lively Buddha statues, they would feel as if they could hear some mantras faintly.

The further they went inside, the more they would feel as if they were surrounded by a large number of mantras. They would feel as if they had entered Nirvana Hall in the west and were receiving a baptism from Buddha’s teachings.

It caused people to feel pious and solemn from the depths of his heart. “This is Dafo Temple.”

This was the first time Happy came here. Before he could enter the depths, he could already feel a profound feeling he had never felt before, and he sucked in a deep breath with a shocked expression.

As he moved through the Buddha statues, Happy did not dare remain idle. His expression became stern, and his footsteps became light, as if he was worried that he would bother the countless Buddha statues around him in their quiet training.

Shi Zhixuan had split personalities. Sometimes, he was righteous, and sometimes, he was evil. Most of the time, he would choose to receive teachings among the thousand Buddha statues in Dafo Temple, hoping that he could use external forces to suppress the evil in his heart. Hence, if anyone went to the center of the Buddha statues, they would be able to find Shi Zhixuan.

Happ quietly went to the center of the Buddha statues.

Some broken statues were now seen among the Buddha statues. Some either had their heads broken or had a powerful force from a palm break half of their bodies, but the Buddha statue remained looking as merciful as ever. Their hearts were still filled with kindness, and they looked determined to die for the sake of their cause and would not be affected by the things in the world.

Happy said nothing about that. He continued venturing deeper into the place.

Now, statues that were completely broken began showing up on both sides.

Some of them only had their lower halves remaining, and some of them were completely destroyed. There were ruins everywhere, and the bits were scattered in a mess everywhere.

‘Looks like I’m here.’ At the same time Happy became on guard, his gaze shot through the Buddha statues who were of different sizes so that he could look further into the temple.

He did not see Shi Zhixuan.

Happy walked one round at the center of the Buddha statues with light footsteps. Finally, when a thought appeared in his mind, he came back and stopped at a rather wide space.

He sucked in a deep breath, stopped moving, and no longer searched everywhere.

Soon after he stopped, a faint sigh appeared from behind a Buddha statue nearby.

“My young friend, did you come to Dafo Temple in search for me?” A voice that was unfathomably mighty and enchanting entered Happy’s ears, and he could not help but gasp in his heart.

‘As expected of Shi Zhixuan. I have already mastered Tendon Changing Classic, and my spiritual senses have already increased to this point, but I still can’t discover him when he gets close to me so quietly.’

Shi Zhixuan’s voice faded away, and when Happy was prepared to speak, a gentle but cold wind suddenly came blowing from another direction of the Buddha statues.

Empress Yin’s uniquely charming voice rang airily from above the Buddha statues. “Hmph! I already told you, Shi Zhixuan! Even if you don’t want to kill and hide away in Dafo Temple in search for peace and relief, these people in the ‘righteous’ path will not allow you to escape from the crimes you committed in the past for all the people you killed. No matter where you go, they will find you.”

Happy was slightly surprised.

He was just hoping to look for Shi Zhixuan. He did not expect that the elusive Empress Yin who never stayed at one place would actually coincidentally appear at Dafo Temple.

He seemed to have, unfortunately, entered a plot-related quest.

Happy frowned, and he quickly realized that the situation was not right, because he had definitely not triggered this quest.

He might have just happened to be here and crashed into someone else’s quest.

Perhaps Empress Yin had coincidentally come out of her mountain in search for Shi Zhixuan, and Happy had unfortunately wanted to use Shi Zhixuan to help him understand Marrow Cleansing Classic during that time.

“Why are you here?”

Shi Zhixuan walked out from behind the Buddha statues. His tone was calm, and his actions gentle. He was like any other elegant middle-aged man.

The current Shi Zhixuan did not resemble the strongest person who controlled the eight sects in the evil cult at all.

Happy was a little surprised, and at the same time, he sensed just how amazing Dafo Temple was.

The Buddhist mantras that filled every corner of the place seemed to have suppressed Evil King’s violent and evil side.

But right after he thought of this, Happy suddenly frowned.

“We’ll talk about our matters later. I’ll kill this Shaolin Temple disciple first.”

Empress Yin’s voice quickly drew closer to him.