I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense-Chapter 923 - : 924

Chapter 923: 924

After several breaths,

Li Xiaobai caught sight of a familiar figure standing out among a crowd of seated believers—only a plump, white-robed monk busily bustled through the group.

“Damn it, Brother Six!”

Li Xiaobai took a swift step forward, pulled the chubby monk aside, his face livid.

“Brother, why are you impersonating me?”

“Damn, it turns out you’re the little bastard causing trouble! Ol’ Fatty was about to ask you why you were committing crimes under Ol’ Fatty’s name?”

“Isn’t it because my brother has a big backer? If something goes wrong, he could take the blame for me, right? But I never expected a big shot like my brother to deceive others using the name of someone as helpless as me. Doesn’t your conscience hurt?”

The chubby monk was indeed Brother Liu Jinshui. Li Xiaobai was speechless in his heart, thinking that this guy was supposed to be in the Southern Continent; why had he come to the Western Continent to stir up trouble, breaking all the rules!

“Humph, nonsense! Nowadays, who uses their real name when they are out and about? Brother, I used your name firstly to increase your fame, letting more people know you, and secondly to give you some training. It never occurred to me that you, behind my back, would use my name to cause all kinds of trouble!”

At this moment, Liu Jinshui was quite frustrated. His plan had been perfect; hit and run, leaving all the blame to Jiumozhi and Li Xiaobai. Halfway through, his little junior brother had unexpectedly burst onto the scene using his name.

The two of them impersonating each other was effectively the same as neither using a pseudonym at all.

How are they supposed to continue this game?

“As an elder brother, I should protect my younger brother, but I never expected Brother Six to disgrace your seniority by making me take the blame. Hand over twenty percent of the Immortal Stones you’ve just gouged, and we’ll pretend today’s incident never happened—how about that?”

Li Xiaobai said dismissively, pursing his lips.

“Little junior brother, you can’t be too greedy. Being insatiable can lead to big problems.”

Liu Jinshui’s face trembled with anger; his junior brother’s abilities had grown increasingly sharp and skilled.

“Brother, you came to the Western Continent for the big tomb, right? Frankly, I have a Treasure Map of the interior of the big tomb. If you share twenty percent of what you’ve gained with me, I’ll lend you the map to look at.”

Li Xiaobai, with a flick of his wrist, took out a bundle of parchment scrolls and said lightly.

“Utter nonsense, the tomb hasn’t even been opened; where did you get a treasure map? Little junior brother, when did you also start engaging in these vulgar tricks? Not to scold you, brother, but in our line of business, you need to have some dignity. Without dignity, even the real is fake, and if it’s fake, it’s absolutely worthless!”

“Bring out the treasure map, and let your brother examine it to see if it’s real or fake!”

Liu Jinshui sneered disdainfully.

“Brother, getting something for nothing isn’t a good habit. This thing comes from a legitimate source. As the old saying goes: You must know how to spend money to make money. Didn’t you hear what Master Wuhu said just now? Think more about what you pay, not always about what you get; life will take a turn for the better!”

Li Xiaobai rolled up the parchment scrolls seriously.

“That broken dog’s broth of chicken soup probably only deceives those fanatics, junior brother. The big tomb is extremely dangerous. Why not join your brother, and if we find treasures, we can split them equally?”

Liu Jinshui said.

Li Xiaobai said, “Brother, I have the treasure map of the big tomb, but I just don’t want to go in, eh, just for fun! If Brother really wants to delve into it, then, painfully, I’ll sell you twenty percent of the Immortal Stones just obtained!”

“Protecting a fake map as if it’s a treasure, I’m only worried about you being deceived. Since you’re not entering the big tomb, then I won’t say anything more, you keep the treasure yourself.”

Liu Jinshui shrugged, his manner careless.

“Elder, Master Wuhu is almost done over there, hey, Brother Li is here too!”

Behind them, Hu Meizi ran up; she also knew about Li Xiaobai’s maneuver and rushed over to remind him after noticing a drop in the number of cultivators heading for the summit, immediately brightening upon seeing Liu Jinshui.

“So, the elder knows Brother Li; no wonder you have been looking for Brother Li! Brother, it was Elder Liu who saved me on the road; otherwise, I would have been captured by Arhat Hall by now!”

Hu Meizi said pitifully next to Liu Jinshui.

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“Yes, brother, it was at the risk of my life that I managed to save Ms. Hu. Shouldn’t there be some appreciation for that?”

Li Xiaobai rubbed his fingers together and looked at Liu Jinshui.

“Little junior brother, you are too greedy. Don’t think the brother doesn’t know that dog up there is in cahoots with you. You’ve taken two portions for yourself and are still not content. Quickly share half of what you just gained with your brother to make up for the hurt in your brother’s heart!”

“That broken dog, now wearing the same trousers as the monk, isn’t under my control anymore. If it finds out later that the wealth was intercepted by us brothers, it probably won’t let the matter rest.”

“Little brother, I’ve been using your name as I move through the world, and now we are in the same boat. We should support each other. How about we get out of here first, then talk?”

Li Xiaobai glanced at the increasingly sparse crowd on the summit and whispered.

Master Juejuezi’s registration was almost complete; now was their last chance to leave.

“All right, considerately as a brother, I should let you have your way. Little junior brother, here is an Earth Escape Talisman I meticulously crafted, capable of tunneling a thousand miles underground in a day, perfectly suited for escape. I bestow it upon you as a return for your kindness to Hu Meizi. Prepare quickly to escape, and your brother will cover for you!”

Liu Jinshui took out a talisman and said very seriously to Li Xiaobai.

Li Xiaobai took the talisman, his expression grateful but he didn’t use it, instead handing it over to Hu Meizi to keep, and then casually exchanged for a restraining talisman from the System.

“Brother Six, escaping is a big deal, so use my Thousand-Miles Instant Travel Talisman. It’s simple and effective, and we’ll set off together. I’ll even send Brother a stack on the way back!”

“Thank you, little junior brother, adversity reveals true friendship, indeed, at such times it’s only our own that are reliable!”

Liu Jinshui was equally moved but did not use the talisman either; instead, he casually threw it to Hu Meizi: “But, brother, I’m used to using my own talismans and am not accustomed to others, but I appreciate your kindness, junior brother!”

“Hahaha, the same here, junior brother, our paths are destined to cross!”

“The wind’s strong, let’s hightail it!”

Liu Jinshui took out a talisman completely different from before, gently slapped it on Hu Meizi’s shoulder, a faint glow flashed, and like fish into water, they submerged into the ground and swiftly fled far away.

“Damn it, that old schemer is trying to set me up again.”

Li Xiaobai cursed inwardly, activated the Thousand-Miles Instant Travel Talisman, and disappeared without a trace in a flash of golden light.

…

After the time it took for a meal, the top of Thunder Peak was finally peaceful.

The cultivators had paid their Immortal Stones and registered their names, blissfully returning to their spots to meditate. The chance to travel with the esteemed ones from the Buddhist Sect was rare, and even walking together for a bit was incredibly beneficial, constituting a valuable experience and wealth; a mere ten thousand premium Immortal Stones were well spent!

“Buddhist Disciple Wuhu, here is the register, this old monk has recorded it all.”

Master Juejuezi, smiling, handed over a thick register to Ergouzi with a laugh.

“Hmm, very good, very good indeed, with so many cultivators joining, our purse… cough, our Buddha’s purse is filling up again. The disciples are so dutiful, and His Holiness must be very pleased!”

“Amitabha Buddha, indeed this has been a fruitful battle, mainly because the tomb’s opening is imminent, otherwise, the Buddha Country wouldn’t have seen such a flow of people. The idea of leveraging this traffic from the disciple was certainly brilliant. This old monk thinks we should take today’s methods as a successful case study and promote it widely in the future, so that all temples within the Buddha Country can learn in-depth, thus flourishing the incense offerings!”

The eyes of Master Juejuezi nearly formed slits from his wide smile.

“By the way, have we calculated how much profit we made this time?”

Ergouzi, looking at the register in his hand, suddenly asked.

“It should be as much as forty million premium Immortal Stones!”

Master Juejuezi said.

However, the moment these words left his mouth, his brows suddenly furrowed, as the joy had momentarily made him overlook this issue— the accounts didn’t match up!

Today, tens of thousands of people had come to Thunder Peak, and with one cultivator paying ten thousand premium Immortal Stones, these forty million would have only covered four thousand cultivators. So where were the Immortal Stones from the remaining thousands of cultivators?

“There’s an issue, where are the other cultivators’ Immortal Stones?”

Ergouzi’s fur stood on end, its sensitivity to resources extraordinarily acute. From this stack of papers, it sensed a whiff of deception.

“Amitabha Buddha, fellow devotees, are there still any willing to register and go to the tomb with Master Wuhu?”

Master Juejuezi stood up, looking down at the cultivators and spoke aloud.

“Master Juejuezi, we’ve all paid the Immortal Stones to go with Master Wuhu, let the few who don’t want to go do as they please; after all, our Buddha never forces anyone.”

A well-meaning cultivator responded from below, there are always a few who don’t conform, but they’re not a concern.

“Amitabha Buddha, but this old monk has only registered four thousand people, may I ask where did the Immortal Stones from the rest of the devotees go?”

Listening to the replies from below, Master Juejuezi became even more baffled; when had he ever collected so many cultivators’ Immortal Stones?

“Don’t worry, Master Juejuezi, it was two young novice monks under Master Wuhu assisting from the side; we all gave our Immortal Stones to them, and they will be summarizing with the master soon!”

“Yes, I must say, the disciples of Thunderclap Temple are really efficient. Master Wuhu had only recorded around four thousand people, but they’ve already collected all our Immortal Stones clean! If I had such disciples, I can’t imagine how much easier my life would be!”

The cultivators laughed heartily, with laughter and voices filled the air, oblivious to the atmosphere that was starting to get a bit strange.

“Those two novice monks under this Buddhist disciple?”

“What are their names?”

Ergouzi couldn’t help but ask.

“Very young, one fat, and one thin, one named Li Xiaobai and one named Liu Jinshui, so considerate!” someone answered.

“Woof!”

“Fuck! Li Xiaobai! Liu Jinshui!”

“Lord Ergouzi has been tricked!”