"Mr.’s eyes are very bright, keenly observing details and penetrating world affairs. My punishment of flesh and blood will begin with his eyes."

As soon as the words fell, the Medicine Buddha wielded the Flying Sword towards Zhou Xuan’s right eye.

Zhou Xuan exhausted all his strength to turn his head. This strike didn’t hit his eye but left a long knife mark on his brow bone.

Blood seeped out.

With blood and knife marks complementing Zhou Xuan’s fierce gaze, it didn’t make him appear pathetic. On the contrary, it accentuated his dominance.

"Buddha Country folks, you better stop. If not, even if you kill Mr., once you leave this stage, you won’t get out of Mingjiang Prefecture."

The Painter’s voice emerged from the audience.

Among these audience members, there were ordinary citizens as well as people from the government, and the God Traveling Department.

"Who are you to utter such bold words?"

The Medicine Buddha wiped away the blood from his sword and asked.

"I am the Painter from Mingjiang Prefecture’s God Traveling Department. If you kill Mr., Mingjiang Prefecture’s God Traveling will be at odds with you."

"Oh, really? With your Mingjiang Prefecture’s rabble, you can’t kill us."

"What if we add the God Traveling Department from Ping Shui Prefecture?" Zhou Lingyi’s voice carried a killing intent.

She couldn’t figure out if her brother was acting, but just because of the Medicine Buddha’s earlier strike, she wanted to enter the stage and fight the Medicine Buddha.

"And also from Yellow Field Prefecture, I have a secret letter. Bitter Ghost Master Lu Xingzhou from Yellow Field Prefecture will personally arrive at Mingjiang."

Guan Niang also boosted Zhou Xuan’s prestige.

"Tsk tsk, a Mr. can stir the God Traveling of three prefectures?"

"Wrong, it’s four prefectures."

"I am Earth Child, the Head of Night Mr. from Jingchuan Prefecture. If you kill Mr., Night Mr. will mobilize forces, and will slash you Buddha Country folks into thousands of pieces, thunder will exterminate."

Earth Child was also in the audience.

This person enjoyed joining in the excitement. He was there during the Green and Red Fish snatch, and he certainly couldn’t miss tonight at Ye Ming River.

"Against the God Traveling Department of four prefecture cities, I, Medicine Buddha, know my own inability. Can you all at Dun Jia Taishang handle it?"

The Medicine Buddha asked.

The Hulu Taoist shook his head, saying, "The God Traveling Department is Jing Country’s sword to maintain human world order, the highest authority in every prefecture city. We four Taishangs may be bold, but how dare we provoke the four prefecture’s God Traveling?"

Four prefectures!

Jing Country has only nine prefectures.

And right then, Zhao Wuya’s voice was heard, chanting a Buddhist title with a hint of compassion, saying, "If Mr. perishes, Snow Mountain Prefecture’s Revolving Zen Sect will also descend upon Mingjiang. May Buddha Country’s novice monks lay down their knives."

Inside Zhao Wuya’s body resides Wu Ya Zen, a fragment of the Ancient Buddha.

He looked down on the Medicine Buddha, hence referred to him as a "novice monk".

"Is it the Ancient Buddha’s fragment Wu Ya Zen?"

"It is indeed. I, a humble monk, will send a ’leaf letter’. Upon seeing it, the Revolving Zen Sect will naturally come to Mingjiang Prefecture—to suppress demons and monsters."

Zhao Wuya’s words effectively placed another state city on Zhou Xuan’s side.

"Five prefectures now."

The Hulu Taoist never imagined that Zhou Xuan possessed such incredible influence, that his life could involve the prestigious halls of five major prefectures.

Snow Mountain Prefecture regards Revolving Zen Sect as its Buddha Chief.

Yellow Field Prefecture regards Bitter Ghost Hall as its helm.

Jingchuan Prefecture publicly nominates Night Mr. as its leading hall. Moreover, its second hall is Dragon Seeking Hall.

They killed Yun Ziliang and Li Changxun, thus Dragon Seeking is feared to become Dragon Seeking Vengeance.

"Half of Jing Country’s halls have such ties with Zhou Xuan. Fortunately, today the Buddha Country folks stirred up chaos; otherwise, we Dun Jia Taishang would’ve been long dead."

The Hulu Taoist felt truly apprehensive,

And faced with the intimidation of various halls, the Medicine Buddha bowed his head in contemplation...

...

"Did you see clearly? Was it the doctor?"

"It was the doctor, it was the doctor. He used the Magic Artifact to severely wound Zhou Xuan. If Zhou Xuan dies, it’s not because of Dun Jia or Buddha Country’s cunning, but because the doctor shot him treacherously."

Mr. Yan said repeatedly.

"The doctor is provoking the Heavenly Dome, knowing Zhou Xuan is our needed Dan Officer of the Heavenly Dome, yet he obstructs. Despicable!"

Qing Yangyu was so furious that his substantial flesh quivered.

Mr. Yan respectfully bowed, waiting for the Palace Master’s command.

"Little Yan, listen carefully. From above the Heavenly Dome, let the Divine Silk descend, drawing Zhou Xuan into the Heavenly Dome."

"Palace Master, this must not be done. He is a patient from the sick village, not yet cultivated to nine sticks of incense. Hastily drawing him into the Heavenly Dome would spread his illness to ours."

"Just draw him into this stone house. Once he survives this ordeal, we can release him. His illness won’t spread."

Qing Yangyu spoke.

"Palace Master, this goes against the rules?"

"Whether it goes against them or not, we’ll discuss later. The nature of the situation has changed now—the doctor from the sick village dares to intercept and kill our Heavenly Dome’s Dan Officer. If we don’t crush his arrogance, he truly doesn’t know his own name."

"Release sixteen strands of Heavenly Vault Divine Silk to elevate Zhou Xuan into the heavens. Seeing the Divine Silk is akin to witnessing Heavenly Fire! This time, I want to see if that doctor dares to sever our Divine Silk." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Saving Zhou Xuan wasn’t Qing Yangyu’s top priority, but using Zhou Xuan to engage in a power struggle with that "doctor" and proclaim whose words are supreme was his ultimate aim and necessity.

"As the Palace Master commands."

...

Capital Mansion, Observatory,

Inside the Observatory, Earth Child rarely emerged from the pool, sitting on Lady Kong’s shoulder. In front of him was a projection.