438: Chapter 35 Entering the Temple 438: Chapter 35 Entering the Temple The sky was heavy with clouds, lightning occasionally flashing.
“It’s about to rain.”
Wu Yue lifted his head, looking at the roof of the Great Pudu Temple, and uttered these words.
He had been waiting for several hours.
From dawn till noon, several groups of people had entered the Great Pudu Temple…
the young disciples of the Martial Sect were all anxiously waiting, even Lin Yu was somewhat impatient, but he was in no rush at all.
Some things were destined to happen—
Just like the densely gathered clouds right now, rain was bound to pour soon.
Today at the Great Pudu Temple, that man was certain to come.
From the edge of the crowd came a bustle of noise, Wu Yue turned around and saw that the bustling crowd had parted to create a path, the man he had been waiting for had indeed arrived.
And it wasn’t just Xie Zhen.
On either side of Xie Zhen, there was a young man in cloth garb and a beautiful girl.
“Please make way, please make way.”
The young man in cloth garb held a heavy sword in one hand and politely made his request.
“So many people…”
Deng Baiyi couldn’t help but sigh softly.
Eventually, the three reached the entrance of the Great Pudu Temple, and the waiting disciples of the Martial Sect parted to make way for them.
Xie Xuanyi approached Wu Yue’s side.
“You really came.”
This eldest disciple of the Martial Sect, with shining eyes, said, “I knew you would come.”
“Just watching the excitement…”
Xie Xuanyi smiled, “Why haven’t you gone in?”
If Jun Mountain hadn’t commanded Shang Yi to reveal the so-called vulnerabilities, then the Golden Light Array could block almost all cultivators below Perfect Cave Heaven.
However, Wu Yue didn’t belong to this category.
With his strength, he could enter the Great Pudu Temple anytime he wished.
“I too wanted to watch the excitement.”
Wu Yue said solemnly, “But the excitement I want to watch is different from most.”
Why was he waiting for Xie Zhen?
Because he knew well…
if anyone could shatter Miao Zhen’s Golden Body, that person would definitely be Xie Zhen.
“You seem different from the other disciples of the Martial Sect.”
Xie Xuanyi raised an eyebrow.
Since that time in Beizhou, he had noticed Wu Yue’s difference; this young man was bold yet meticulous, truly uncommon among martial artists, and was deservedly Zhou Ceng’s chosen disciple…
upon introspection, among his contemporaries, those considered prodigies or Saint Heirs, Wu Yue indeed exhibited the most potential.
Wu Yue just smiled and said nothing as he stepped back, giving way to Xie Zhen at the main gate of the Great Pudu Temple.
As he said.
Today, he came to “watch the excitement.”
He very much wanted to challenge the Buddha’s son’s Golden Body, but he also roughly knew his limits.
If anyone could truly upset the game, it had to be Xie Zhen!
“Master Xie…
you’ve finally arrived, Fa Yan has been waiting under the Buddha’s son’s command for a long time.”
The old monk standing in the Golden Light Array, with a solemn expression, extended his palm and bowed in greeting.
This abbot of the Great Pudu Temple, known by the monastic name “Fa Yan.”
In his past life, Xie Xuanyi had some connections with the Great Pudu Temple, having sparred a few times with the young monks there, of course under the guise of providing guidance…
While the Buddhist techniques were profound, the Great Pudu Temple, being rooted in Great Chu, inevitably faced pressures from all sides, limiting the number of promising talents they could train each generation.
In those sparring sessions, Fa Yan’s disciples had been present.
Xie Xuanyi had a good impression of Fa Yan; although the old monk’s cultivation was mediocre, his temperament was outstanding, and his disciples were earnest and upright.
In the Cultivation World, this was a rarity indeed.
“Master Fa Yan, it seems you know my background well…
with that said, why not open the Golden Light Array and let me in directly?”
Xie Xuanyi spoke with a smile, “My Sword Qi is much heavier than others.”
“The old monk has been waiting here to welcome Master Xie’s Sword Qi.”
The old monk chanted Amitabha Buddha.
He bowed respectfully and took two steps back, saying earnestly, “Entering the temple today depends on fate; Master Xie has no affinity with the Buddhist, so entering the temple will be harder for you than for others.”
His words sparked a burst of noise.
Wu Yue couldn’t help but curve the corners of his lips; he knew his long wait hadn’t been in vain.
The spectacle had truly begun.
“Om!”
Fa Yan threw out the Buddha Beads, and with a trembling sound, the beads flew high, scattering in the air, transforming into clusters of radiant light.
There were eight clusters of light, corresponding to the eight gates.
Jun Mountain and Miao Zhen were long-standing rivals, knowing each other inside out; Jun Mountain had deciphered the “Golden Light Array’s” diagram, thus he knew the so-called eight gates were the weak spots of the array.
Though the array seemed impenetrable, once the weak spots were pointed out, the array would become significantly weaker.
Currently, with the fall of the eight beads, they landed right in front of the gates.
The Golden Light Array cloaking the entrance of the Great Pudu Temple subtly began to change!
“Have the gates…
disappeared?”
The onlookers exclaimed in astonishment.
The array, after the beads fell, completely sealed off all vulnerabilities!
The golden light surged like waves, with ripples stirring wildly.
“Junior Sect Leader, this doesn’t seem good, right?!”
Duan Zhao stared blankly at the Golden Light Array, stunned.
After revealing the gates.
He vaguely felt that he too could attempt to break the array, but now that the gates had vanished, the little guy reevaluated and felt that the array appeared flawless, rendering it impossible to find a spot to thrust his sword through!
“The Golden Light Array is Fan Yin Temple’s protective major array…
such an important array naturally wouldn’t have such simple flaws as ‘gates.'”
Xie Xuanyi looked at the array, his expression calm: “The so-called ‘gates’ are actually traps.
Inside the gates of the Fan Yin Temple’s Golden Light Array, there must be monks guarding; once the array is activated, the weakest points instead become the most robust fortifications.”