Chapter 529: Then I Shall Intrude Upon You

When the three of them—Wang Chen and the others—were expelled from the heart-questioning pagoda, nearly everyone was dazed.

They never expected that these three people would fail at the same time.

In everyone’s eyes, they should have easily made a Breakthrough in the final stage of the heart-questioning pagoda.

But why were these three people eliminated simultaneously?

Could the third floor of the heart-questioning pagoda really be that difficult?

This meant that Wang Chen, Mo Wenwen, and that Buddha Son all held something extremely important in their hearts.

And for that most important thing in their hearts, they were even willing to give up their own Great Dao.

But the question was, what exactly was that important thing in their hearts?

Why would they be willing to do this?

This indeed left everyone completely baffled.

In everyone’s mind, these three people should have only had the Dao.

Abbot Complete Tranquility of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Land let out a soft sigh.

He didn’t know what Mo Wenwen and that Buddha Son had that could occupy such an important position in their hearts.

But as for Wang Chen…

Regarding the thing in Wang Chen’s heart that was more important than the Great Dao, the Abbot of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Land actually already had some inkling.

He actually already knew that the most important thing in Wang Chen’s heart was, in fact, a person.

And this person was currently living in the same courtyard as Wang Chen.

However, for the Holy Lord of the Fuchen Holy Land…

She frowned for Mo Wenwen’s sake.

The Holy Lord of the Fuchen Holy Land was Mo Wenwen’s Master.

She never expected that Wang Chen’s heart would at some point contain something more important than the Great Dao.

In the Fuchen Holy Lord’s view, her Disciple should only be thinking about the Great Dao.

It should be impossible for anything else to disturb her inner voice.

But now, things seemed to be different.

The Fuchen Holy Lord felt that she might need to find her Disciple and ask her in detail.

And that Buddha Son’s Master also let out a soft sigh.

It seemed that he had already expected his Disciple’s choice, knowing such a choice would be made.

But knowing was one thing; actually seeing his most prized Disciple make such a choice still left the Fuchen Holy Lord feeling a bit helpless.

Complete Tranquility waved his large hand and put away the heart-questioning pagoda.

The heart-questioning pagoda flew directly back into Complete Tranquility’s wide sleeve.

In this second round of the competition, Wang Chen, Mo Wenwen, and that Buddha Son had all obtained the same score.

One could say that the second round did not create any gap between them.

One could even say that this round held little meaning for the final result.

However, the heart-questioning of the second round gave them all more cause for speculation.

Many Cultivators were extremely curious.

What exactly was that thing more important than the Great Dao for the three of them?

They could give up their lives for the Great Dao.

That meant the thing in their hearts was even more important than their lives.

But many knew they would not get an answer.

After the two rounds of competition, the sky gradually darkened.

The Buddhist Path Convention did not proceed immediately to the third round, but instead allowed everyone to rest for a day.

Tomorrow would be the official start of the Buddhist-Daoist debates of the Buddhist Path Convention.

Tomorrow was the highlight of the Buddhist Path Convention; the Buddhist-Daoist debates would last for a full five days.

During these five days, all monks and Cultivators could engage in free debate.

Every Buddhist Path Convention would see many dark horses stand out with their novel perspectives.

No matter which side won, it would bring many benefits to both sides’ future paths.

After all, in the debates of the Buddhist Path Convention, you were essentially debating Daoist methods with your opponent.

It was equivalent to taking your own Great Dao to be tested.

After every Buddhist Path Convention, many Buddhist Disciples would leave the Buddhist sects to study Daoist methods.

Of course, many Daoist Disciples would also shave their heads, leave the Mortal World, and practice Buddhist Law.

As today’s Buddhist Path Convention ended, the many Cultivators gradually dispersed.

Wang Chen originally wanted to find Lin Xun, but by then, Lin Xun had already left the grounds.

Wang Chen knew Lin Xun didn’t want to cause any further misunderstandings.

Lin Xun should be waiting for her in the courtyard.

So, Wang Chen happily ran toward the courtyard.

Sure enough, when Wang Chen returned to her mountain peak, she saw Big Brother Lin waiting for her there.

Wang Chen happily ran toward Lin Xun’s direction.

But just as she was about to get close to Lin Xun, Wang Chen slowly stopped her pace.

Seeing Wang Chen’s somewhat dejected look, Lin Xun smiled and walked up, patting Wang Chen’s head.

“What’s wrong? You look so dejected.”

“Big Brother Lin…”

Wang Chen looked up, her eyes blinking as she looked at Lin Xun.

“In today’s two rounds, Wang Chen’s total score is the lowest. Wang Chen has disappointed Big Brother Lin.”

Hearing Wang Chen’s words, Lin Xun was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, reaching out to gently rub Wang Chen’s head.

“There’s no such thing as disappointment.

In the second round of the test, your scores were the same.

And in the first round, you only suffered because of your Realm.

Even with the Dream-Eating Tapir’s help, you are a whole major Realm below them; losing is quite normal.

Besides, the gap between you isn’t that large. How could I say I’m disappointed?”

“Big Brother Lin really doesn’t blame Wang Chen?”

Hearing Lin Xun’s words, Wang Chen said joyfully.

“Of course not.”

Lin Xun said decisively.

“Alright, let’s not talk about that. I made dinner today; let Wang Chen have a taste of my cooking.”

“Mm.”

Wang Chen nodded and then followed Lin Xun into the kitchen.

Although Big Brother Lin was the one cooking, she wanted to help him with more things, like washing vegetables and such, acting as his assistant. Wang Chen really liked this feeling.

Back then, when Wang Chen first followed Lin Xun, it was just like this.

The two of them would cook together in the room and then eat together in the courtyard.

The setting sun spilled over the entire mountain peak, dyeing the forest a shade of red.

The soft evening glow fell between the two of them, gently outlining the silhouettes of their figures.

After Lin Xun and Wang Chen sat down to eat, not far away, that Goudan was bullying the Dream-Eating Tapir again.

Even though the Dream-Eating Tapir had displayed great Divine Might in the demon-slaying stage.

But Goudan acted as if he hadn’t seen it at all, continuing to bully it, which left Lin Xun somewhat speechless.

How should he put it…

Lin Xun always felt that Goudan wasn’t actually a bully who preyed on the weak, but truly had the confidence to pin the Dream-Eating Tapir to the ground and beat it.

But it made sense when he thought about it.

After all, Goudan was an Outer Heaven Demon from the ancient era.

And he was of a very high Rank among the Outer Heaven Demons.

In fact, compared to the Dream-Eating Tapir, perhaps Goudan was much more powerful.

After finishing dinner, Wang Chen went to boil hot water for Lin Xun’s bath.

Lin Xun, meanwhile, took Goudan for a stroll around the courtyard; walking after a meal was a habit of his.

In truth, Goudan was now just a pet Lin Xun was leading around.

Lin Xun used an immortal-binding rope to loop around Goudan’s neck.

And as for the immortal-binding rope on his body, Goudan had long since grown accustomed to it.

After all, for Goudan, he seemed to have already accepted his current identity.

And to be fair, Goudan felt that his life was actually quite decent now.

Even though he was currently a prisoner.

However, eating and drinking well was actually a very good thing.

Not only that, he could also see more of this world.

Furthermore, this Lin Xun was very powerful; as long as Lin Xun didn’t harm him…

Then basically no one could easily hurt him.

Of course!

In Goudan’s heart, he still hadn’t forgotten his dream of restoring the hegemony of the Outer Heaven Demon Clan.

Goudan now felt that he was enduring humiliation for a greater cause.

As long as he had the chance, he would escape from Lin Xun’s control.

Moreover, in Goudan’s view, many of his kin were actually already lurking in the human world.

It was just that these kin of his didn’t have a plan yet and were waiting for an opportunity.

Now he had to find a way to break the shackles this stinky human had placed on him.

Then he would find a way to contact those Outer Heaven Demons scattered across various parts of this world.

As long as they united, they could surely recreate the glory belonging to the Outer Heaven Demons.

As he thought about it, Goudan felt a strange surge of excitement.

Goudan didn’t feel like he was daydreaming.

Rather, Goudan truly had confidence.

Now Goudan was storing up his strength; after all, as an extremely Advanced Outer Heaven Demon, how could he be simply shackled by this stinky human?

He surely had some countermeasure.

It was just that Goudan hadn’t adapted to the Laws of this world yet.

So, he didn’t have many ways to deal with Lin Xun’s shackles and control.

But Goudan believed that if he were given a few more years, at most a hundred.

He would be his pet for a hundred years at most.

Then, after a hundred years, he could treat this Lin Xun as his own pet.

When that time came, he would turn the tables and oppress Lin Xun beneath him, then lead him by the nose with a rope, returning everything he had done to him.

“Jie jie jie jie…”

The more Goudan thought, the happier he became, and even his eyes began to look comical.

“Hey! You fellow, what are you thinking about?”

Lin Xun, who was leading Goudan on a walk, suddenly noticed Goudan had stopped moving.

Lin Xun raised his foot and gave Goudan’s buttocks a kick.

Not going to lie, Goudan’s buttocks were actually quite elastic.

They bounced when kicked.

And Goudan, having his buttocks kicked by Lin Xun, also slowly snapped out of his fantasies.

Today, this stinky human kicked my, Goudan’s, buttocks again.

I, Goudan, have noted it down!

In the future, I, Goudan, will definitely kick back!

Feeling that he had strolled enough, Lin Xun led Goudan back.

And just as Lin Xun was leisurely leading Goudan back to Wang Chen’s courtyard,

Mo Wenwen had already come from her own courtyard to the mountain peak where Wang Chen was located.

Mo Wenwen came to Wang Chen’s peak to convey the first three debate topics for tomorrow.

Additionally, after going through the heart-questioning pagoda this time, Mo Wenwen had some questions she wanted to ask Wang Chen.

Because Mo Wenwen knew that Wang Chen actually had some connection with Lin Xun.

And on the final floor of that heart-questioning pagoda, the reason Mo Wenwen was eliminated was because of Lin Xun.

Mo Wenwen never expected that she would actually be eliminated from the heart-questioning pagoda because of Lin Xun.

Because in Mo Wenwen’s view, although Lin Xun and she had a small connection, it was merely a minor exception.

Mo Wenwen still thought so now.

But at that time on the final floor, Mo Wenwen needed to make a choice between Lin Xun and her own Great Dao.

In fact, at the very end, Mo Wenwen chose her own Great Dao.

But unexpectedly, even though she chose the Great Dao, she was still eliminated from that heart-questioning pagoda.

Did this mean that in her heart, that Lin Xun was actually more important than the Great Dao in her heart?

Mo Wenwen didn’t think so.

But there shouldn’t have been any problem with the heart-questioning pagoda either.

Because it reflected the depths of one’s own heart.

For a moment, Mo Wenwen herself was also a bit lost.

So if possible, she wanted to ask Wang Chen about Lin Xun.

If Wang Chen was willing to speak, she also wanted to inquire more about Lin Xun.

“Miss Wangchen.”

Outside Wang Chen’s courtyard, Mo Wenwen called out a greeting.

And at this time, Wang Chen was waiting for Lin Xun’s return.

But unexpectedly, Mo Wenwen arrived first.

“Donor Mo.”

Wang Chen walked out of the courtyard and gave a palms-pressed salute.

“I wonder if Donor Mo has come for some specific matter?”

Mo Wenwen shook her head: “Actually, it’s nothing much. I’ve come this time just to inform Miss Wangchen about the debate topics. And then there are some matters I would like to consult Miss Wangchen about privately.”

“Miss Mo is too polite.”

Wang Chen shook her head.

“Miss Mo, please come into the courtyard and have a seat.”

“Mm.” Mo Wenwen nodded: “Then I shall intrude upon you.”

And just as Mo Wenwen was about to enter the courtyard, from the nearby hillside came Lin Xun’s shout.

“Wang Chen, I’m back.”

Hearing Big Brother Lin’s voice, Wang Chen’s eyes lit up slightly, and then she went to meet Big Brother Lin.

At this time, Mo Wenwen also turned around, watching Lin Xun walk up step by step from the hillside.