Chapter 252: You Still Say You’re Not a Monk

Four days passed quickly. When the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain gathered at the city gate as agreed, they were surprised to see Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

“Young heroes, where is your hair?” The hook-nosed leader asked the question immediately upon seeing that Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were completely bald.

He regretted asking as soon as the words left his mouth. Both young heroes’ faces turned noticeably darker.

Meng Jingzhou’s hair hadn’t grown back yet and, optimistically, would take a few more days.

To apologize and calm Meng Jingzhou’s anger, Lu Yang had shaved his own head as well.

These past few days, the Everlasting Fairy hadn’t stopped laughing.

The hook-nosed leader speculated silently: could it be that these young heroes are disciples of Buddhism and had been wearing wigs all along?

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. The young heroes had never mentioned their backgrounds, likely because they came from a Buddhist sect that didn’t flaunt their status.

Now, in the contest for the Twin Stem Lotus, they needed not only strength but also the intimidation of their identity!

As for killing and eating demon beasts, that could also be understood. There were meat-eating monks in Buddhism, though rare, they did exist.

“Let’s go,” Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou said in a muffled voice, unwilling to explain further.

Following the map provided by the commerce guild, the group quickly arrived at the lake where the Twin Stem Lotus were located.ÚpTodated novels on no(v)el()bin(.)com

By now, the lake was already surrounded by people. Looking around, there were few cultivators below the late Foundation Building stage; most were at the late Foundation Building stage, followed by Golden Core stage cultivators.

The Twin Stem Lotus had miraculous effects on core formation, attracting many cultivators on the verge of forming their cores.

For Golden Core stage cultivators, it was less useful, otherwise, the fish that guarded the lake wouldn’t have been able to keep it.

In the center of the lake, two lotus buds were about to bloom, pink and tender, like twins, drawing everyone’s attention.

“There’s water everywhere. When the time comes to snatch them, it will be inconvenient to fight,” a late Foundation Building stage cultivator frowned. He wasn’t good at water battles, and if his opponent was proficient in water techniques, it would be very disadvantageous.

“Let’s drain the water.”

Saying this, he took out a storage ring and started filling it with lake water.

Seeing this, others thought it was a good idea and followed suit to help.

Storage rings could only store non-living things, so they could store just the water without the living creatures in the lake.

“He’s the White Tiger Saint Child of the Four Symbols Sect! It’s said he’s mastered lethal techniques, and even though he’s only in the mid Foundation Building stage, he can fight against half-step Golden Core stage cultivators!” The hook-nosed leader hadn’t been idle these past few days, investigating who might compete for the Twin Stem Lotus.

These Golden Core cultivators were here to seize the Twin Lotuses for their juniors’ core formation and wouldn’t fight to the death. In a life-and-death battle, they would be the first to retreat.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou overheard people guessing which Buddhist temple they were from, causing veins to pop on their foreheads. “You’re the monks! Your whole family are monks!”

“It’s all your fault for making me shave my head!” Lu Yang was the first to lash out.

Meng Jingzhou had anticipated this: “My fault? It’s obviously your Arhat Fist that’s crooked! I’ll write a recommendation letter to get you into the Hanging Temple!”

With Lu Yang’s talent, he was certainly qualified to enter the Hanging Temple, which would likely welcome him warmly.

After all, finding someone with magical talents comparable to Eldest Senior Sister’s was nearly impossible worldwide.

“Lu Yang, are you going to become a monk?” The Everlasting Fairy asked reluctantly.

“No, Dao Seeking Sect is my home. I’m not going anywhere!” Lu Yang declared his position, stating that he was a Dao Seeking Sect disciple in life and in death.

“Look, the lotus is about to bloom!” Someone shouted, drawing everyone’s attention.

As the Twin Lotuses bloomed, a delightful fragrance filled the air, inciting a frenzy among the crowd.

With a roar, the White Tiger Saint Child made the first move, a “king” character slowly appearing on his forehead, white fur sprouting on his cheeks, and his pupils becoming vertical, resembling a tiger.

“The Twin Lotuses are mine! No one else should dare to take them!” He roared, moving as swiftly as the wind.

“You think they’re yours just because you say so? Arhat Fist!” Meng Jingzhou struck, his face showing compassion and benevolence, as if he had twenty years of monk training.

His punches were overwhelmingly powerful, sending the White Tiger Saint Child flying into the mud pit, dazed and confused.

The White Tiger Saint Child was stunned. This was his first time failing in a cross-level challenge.

He had always won cross-level battles, easily defeating late Foundation Building stage opponents while being in the mid Foundation Building stage, and had never lost before.

But this time, he failed.

“Definitely a monk!” An Ke confirmed her earlier suspicion.

“You’re the monk!” Meng Jingzhou retorted angrily.

“Bald head, uses Arhat Fist, and still claims not to be a monk?”

(End of the chapter)