Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 81 - Long Ear’s Death

Qiong Xiao’s face was as cold as ice, so beautiful yet so frigid that it struck fear into Long Ear just by looking at her.

"When you turned traitor in the heat of battle, and plotted against our Jie School followers, did you not think of our shared brotherhood?"

Yun Xiao took out a token and placed it in front of Long Ear, her usually gentle face now void of any expression.

Her vermilion lips parted lightly, "I, Yun Xiao, acting Cult Leader of the Jie School, hereby execute Ding Guang Immortal, the traitor of our Jie School, here today as a warning to others, with heaven and earth as my witness!"

"The Shangqing Jade Command!" Long Ear exclaimed in shock, that was the symbol of the Cult Leader.

The Master really had entrusted the Jie School to Yun Xiao.

Listening to Yun Xiao’s tone, which seemed genuine, Long Ear was soaked with sweat down his back.

With a face full of terror, he said, "I am now a member of Buddhism, if you kill me, Buddhism will not let you off!"

"You think we would be afraid of that?" Bi Xiao disdainfully pointed at the struggling Buddhas on the ground.

Long Ear was rendered speechless; indeed, if they had been afraid, they wouldn’t have done this in the first place.

Channeling his mana to the extreme, Long Ear attempted to flee at once.

"Take action!" Yun Xiao’s voice resounded, dispassionate.

"Might as well dig out those thieving eyes of yours." Long Ear was fast, but Bi Xiao was faster, flashing in front of Long Ear, a flick of her longsword, and Long Ear’s eyes vanished in an instant.

Long Ear let out a terrible scream, but couldn’t tend to his pain, still struggling to flee towards the distance with all his might.

Remorse flooded his heart; he had not relied on the Power of Faith, so why did he have to suffer this?

Long Ear thought he was fast, but after all, he was just a mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal; how could he outrun the Three Xiaos?

It took less than a moment for Qiong Xiao to appear beside Long Ear.

Seeing the terror on Long Ear’s face, Qiong Xiao smiled coldly and showed no mercy in her strike.

"This sword shall sever the root of your impure desires that led you to distress!"

The longsword struck instantly.

"Ah!" With a scream that was both agonizing and piercing, Long Ear’s features twisted grotesquely, his eyes, turned into bloody sockets, were wide open and unsettling to behold. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

No longer able to fly, he plummeted from the clouds.

He curled up on the ground, clutching his face, emitting intermittent whimpers of pain and anguish.

This pain and humiliation were so intense he almost wished for death.

Of course, the Three Xiaos would see to that.

Yun Xiao sliced through space and reappeared in front of Long Ear.

Feeling Yun Xiao’s presence, Long Ear was filled with dread, shriveling up and crawling towards Yun Xiao like a dying dog.

"Yun Xiao, my junior sister, no, senior sister, no, Acting Cult Leader, please have compassion and spare my life!"

"I... I will renounce Buddhism from now on, I’ll still be the Ding Guang Immortal of the Jie School, and I’ll help you, the Acting Cult Leader, to revive our Jie School!" Long Ear pleaded desperately, trying to endure his pain.

"Compassion is a matter for Tathagata, I’m simply sending you to meet him!"

Yun Xiao spoke indifferently and struck a palm at Long Ear’s head.

With the immense mana of a Quasi-Saint, Long Ear’s head exploded in an instant, blood spurting out, yet not a single drop splashed onto Yun Xiao.

Long Ear’s body became like a headless dead rabbit, identical to the destruction of his Golden Body Statue.

An invisible soul drifted out from Long Ear’s body.

Without turning her head, Yun Xiao raised her hand and with one palm strike, Long Ear’s spirit was shattered.

The Spirit Mountain, which once resonated with Buddhist radiance and propitiousness, once again cried out in sorrow.

Buddhists in meditation were left dumbstruck; how could another above the rank of Bodhisattva die?

Tracing the cause and effect, Tathagata vanished from the secret chamber in an instant, and the next moment, he appeared above Yunshan Temple.

"Buddha Ancestor!" The three Bodhisattvas were overjoyed, their savior had finally arrived.

Tathagata nodded his head, but upon seeing the expanse of icy blue flames on the ground, he noticed that the Buddhas were still struggling desperately.

Tathagata’s expression turned cold, wondering who on earth would dare be so audacious and reckless.

He waved his hand, intending to extinguish the eerie flames with great magical power, but it was completely ineffective.

Tathagata was somewhat taken aback, then he waved his hand again, scattering golden Buddha light like a fine rain.

Tathagata then further increased his mana, turning the drizzle into a downpour, and Guanyin, not idle either, flicked a willow leaf from the Cleansing Bottle, and the Three Lights Divine Water fused with and enhanced Tathagata’s Buddha light, barely managing to extinguish the flames.

The Buddhas were finally rescued, with many of them suffering considerable burns, especially Wisdom Torch Buddha, who had turned entirely to charcoal, as his flames were the most abundant, the fiercest, and also the most difficult to extinguish.

"Thank you, Buddha Ancestor," the Buddhas said gratefully as they bowed, then each sat down on the ground to start healing their injuries.

The entire Yunshan Temple was thus destroyed in an instant.

"Who set this fire?" Tathagata asked sternly.

This was the first time he had seen such troublesome flames.

"It was Qiong Xiao!" Guanyin’s face showed a trace of resentment, having been utterly defeated by the Three Xiaos during the God-Sealing Tribulation, and now still facing defeat by them, it would be false not to feel hatred.

Qiong Xiao?

Tathagata was stunned; Qiong Xiao was his own sister-disciple, and he, her senior brother, knew her skills all too well. She definitely did not possess such divine skills.

Could she have experienced some sort of fortuitous encounter?

Looking at the unsightly Golden Body Statue in the great hall, Tathagata also realized why the Buddhas and Guanyin had come here—indeed, it was his three sister-disciples’ doing.

Last time, they had treated his golden body statue the same way.

Right, Tathagata suddenly remembered, while trying to rescue the Buddhas, he had nearly forgotten about Long Ear.

Immediately, he followed the fluctuations of Long Ear’s mana and flew off. In a few breaths’ time, Tathagata arrived in front of Long Ear’s corpse.

And the Three Xiaos had long since disappeared.

Looking at Long Ear’s wretched corpse, inexplicably, Tathagata felt no anger in his heart; had he not also turned against Buddhism by now, perhaps he would have felt satisfaction after killing Long Ear.

Seeing that Long Ear’s soul was no longer there either, he sighed softly and waved his hand, retrieving Long Ear’s body.

Once may be forgiven, twice tolerated, but not a third time. If there was another instance, they should not blame him, the senior brother, for being heartless.

With this thought, Tathagata’s gaze became icy, and with a flash, he disappeared from the spot.

And at this very moment.

"I wonder if Xiaotian Dog, that filthy black cur, is around; if it’s at Guan River Mouth, I must properly mock it."

Tian Peng, having prepared himself in his abode and finding his reflection in the mirror exceptionally dashing and spirited, nodded satisfactorily.

He pushed open the door and headed towards the Lower Realm’s Guan River Mouth.

Outside the thirty-three layers of heaven, in the secret chamber of Zixiao Palace, Tongtian, who was immersed in comprehending the Great Tao Sword Intent, suddenly opened his eyes.

A few breaths later, he burst into hearty laughter.

"Good, very good!"

A joyous expression crossed Tongtian’s handsome face; he had indeed not entrusted Jie School to the wrong person. It had not been long, and yet such a great surprise had already been presented to him.

"Today, we must drink to our heart’s content!" Tongtian laughed wildly again, taking out the Peach Blossom Brew he had purchased from Chen Nuo.

He lay back on his mat and began drinking heartily.

"Boy, Guan River Mouth really isn’t close at all," Tian Peng grumbled, looking at the Guan River Mouth before him.

That young man Yang Jian truly had an aversion towards the Jade Emperor, choosing such a remote location for his dwelling.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, Tian Peng suddenly noticed a man, unkempt and filthy, staring longingly in the direction of Guan River Mouth, with faint traces of blood in his eyes.

Tian Peng, puzzled, approached the man and asked, "Brother, what are you up to?"