Chapter 739 - 724: The Trouble Brought by Monk Bu Se

A small interlude had come and gone in a flash.

However, the experts present all began to pay attention to Shen Lang, whether consciously or not.

If they knew which sect or school such a powerful individual belonged to, it would be one thing.

But without knowing, no one could be sure if he was friend or foe.

To the experts of the various sects, he was an unstable element, potentially even more dangerous than the Demon Beasts of this Dragon Scale Divine Hall.

Therefore, they all devoted some of their time and energy to observing and watching Shen Lang.

...

Meanwhile, Shen Lang’s brow furrowed slightly after he blasted apart several Demon Beasts that had lunged at him.

At this moment, a great battle raged on the platform. The experts had already killed countless Demon Beasts, but powerful new ones continued to pour out from the two Teleportation Gates to the east and west.

They came like a tide, endless and unkillable.

And before the massive Stone Gate, the seven most powerful Emperor Martial Realm experts had yet to make a move.

It was as if they were waiting for something...

Shen Lang hugged the wall, inching closer to the northern Stone Gate, and silently extended his Divine Thought toward the seven Emperor Martial Realm experts.

For many, this was an incredibly bold, even idiotic, move.

A mere King Martial Realm Second Heaven cultivator trying to spy on experts at the Seventh or Eighth of Heaven of the Emperor Martial Realm with his Divine Thought...

It was simply asking for death.

Of course, Shen Lang wasn’t asking for death.

At that moment, Shen Lang was performing incredibly rapid calculations and deductions in his mind, adjusting the frequency of his Divine Thought to match that of the Demon Beasts present.

Just like that, Shen Lang mixed his Divine Thought among those of the hundreds of Demon Beasts, camouflaging it as one of their own.

Although the Demon Beasts battling the various sect experts knew the seven people before the Stone Gate were formidable and dared not approach, their chaotic Divine Thoughts would still sweep over them from time to time.

And Shen Lang, by disguising his Divine Thought as that of a Demon Beast, planned to probe for information about the identities of those seven people.

This method of calculating and deducing the frequencies of Divine Thought and power was created by the War Emperor himself and was only perfected after he comprehended the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

However, such a heaven-defying ability could only be used after reaching the King Martial Realm, when one could clearly sense the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

That was why, up until now, Shen Lang had only used it once before—when he was saving Naluo King, the Reincarnation Marquis.

At that time, he had used this technique to envelop himself in Netherworld Qi, allowing him to enter the Barrier trapping Naluo King without disrupting the Netherworld Qi’s own Barrier.

Shen Lang divided his attention, on one hand silently circling his Divine Thought near the seven Emperor Martial Realm experts before the Stone Gate;

on the other, continuously striking down the Demon Beasts that pounced on him.

Just then, a somewhat familiar voice reached his ears.

"Amitabha, this old monk truly does not wish to go on a killing spree. Why must you force my hand... Toss over your lingerie, and you might have a chance to live; hand over your underpants, and I’ll spare your life!"

Shen Lang froze, his gaze following the sound. He was instantly rendered speechless.

In the midst of the chaotic battle, Monk Bu Se—the very same one who had been chased by a mob of women in the Imperial Capital for stealing their underwear—was currently being hounded by three Demon Beasts, scurrying all over the place.

This fellow had once called himself by his lay name, O Conan, and claimed to be from the Ruyi Buddha Sect. He said his Cultivation had been sealed by Chaos and wanted Shen Lang to undo it.

In the end, Shen Lang had thrown him back to the group of women chasing him, and he had been beaten until he was seeing stars.

It was a miracle he hadn’t been killed, especially with his Cultivation sealed.

Right now, the monk was darting about in the thick of battle, constantly dodging the attacks of the three massive Demon Beasts behind him.

He already looked pathetic enough...

Unexpectedly, the moment those speechless-making words left his mouth, a woman from the Imperial Dragon Sect on the other side suddenly joined in the chase!

"Hey! This old monk is being chased by Demon Beasts! Instead of helping me out, you’re attacking me too? What’s the meaning of this?"

Monk Bu Se thrust his hands toward the sky, and the image of a Buddha’s Golden Body appeared behind him, blocking the two sword strikes from the young woman of the Imperial Dragon Sect.

But after taking those two strikes, the Buddha’s Golden Body dimmed considerably.

And Monk Bu Se’s face turned deathly pale.

It seemed the power of that woman’s two sword strikes was no small matter.

"You want to talk reason with me? Then let me ask you, you lecherous drunkard of a monk, what were you just muttering about?" The woman’s face was grim. With a cold snort, she swung her sword twice more.

Monk Bu Se was taken aback. "Muttering about what? This old monk just said, ’Toss over your lingerie, and you might have a chance to live; hand over your underpants, and I’ll spare your life’... Aiyo, Amitabha, I was talking to the Demon Beasts behind me, not you! Why are you taking it so personally?"

"Die!" The woman seemed to be an old acquaintance of Monk Bu Se and knew his reputation. How could she possibly listen to his explanation now? She abandoned the Demon Beast she was fighting and lunged straight for him!

Monk Bu Se’s Cultivation was nearly the lowest among everyone present, and dealing with three Demon Beasts was already pushing his limits.

Now, with this vicious woman added to the mix, he immediately cried out, "A good monk doesn’t fight with a woman! I’ll settle this with you after we get out of the Dragon Scale Divine Hall... Hey, Elder Han, someone from your Imperial Dragon Sect is trying to kill this old monk! Aren’t you going to do something about it?"

The few people from the Imperial Dragon Sect remained silent, as if they hadn’t heard him at all.

Monk Bu Se was furious. "Elder Han, are you all so heartless? I didn’t steal your great-granddaughter’s underwear, did I? Do you have to be like this?"

An aged voice came from the Imperial Dragon Sect’s group, "You son of a bitch! O Conan, if you keep whining, believe it or not, I’ll come over there and cripple you right now!"

Monk Bu Se snapped his mouth shut.

If it were anyone else, it might have been manageable. But Elder Han was the leader of the Imperial Dragon Sect’s King Martial Realm experts. If he charged over, Monk Bu Se wouldn’t be able to stop him.

’This guy is from the Ruyi Buddha Sect, yet he’s so disliked. He must have done a lot of shameless things...’ Shen Lang thought, shaking his head with a smile.

Just as he smiled, Shen Lang froze again. ’Huh? Why does it look like that scoundrel is heading my way?’

Shen Lang took a few quick steps forward, only to see Monk Bu Se change direction and continue heading right for him!

"Shit!"

Shen Lang turned and ran back, but immediately saw Monk Bu Se change direction again, still making a beeline for him!

"Bastard, stop right there! Come any closer and I’ll slap you to death!" Shen Lang shouted.

He had just exhausted himself to match his Divine Thought frequency with the surrounding Demon Beasts to probe the Emperor Martial Realm experts, and now Monk Bu Se had appeared out of nowhere. Shen Lang was furious.

"Aiya, Elder Ancestor, it really is you!" Monk Bu Se transmitted via Divine Thought.

Shen Lang was stunned and replied with his own Divine Thought, "Holy shit, you can still recognize me even though I look like this?"

Monk Bu Se attacked left and right, knocking away the Demon Beasts pouncing from both sides. He rushed to Shen Lang’s side and said smugly, "Elder Ancestor, you carry the aura of the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads. As an Enlightened Monk, how could I not know? Besides, although you’ve concealed the aura of your Immortal Celestial Saber, for someone from the Buddhist Sect, even the faintest trace of the death aura within it is still perceptible."

"The aura of the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads in your body, and that death aura within your longsword... besides you, Elder Ancestor, who else could it be?"

At this, the scoundrel puffed out his large belly and chuckled smugly.

Shen Lang frowned and glanced at him, noticing a faint golden light enveloping his body. He looked pathetic, but he hadn’t actually taken much damage at all.

’The Buddhist Sect’s Undying Golden Body really is formidable. This guy is like an unkillable cockroach... Ugh, but then again, I’m technically part of the Ruyi Buddha Sect too. I need to find a way to get my hands on this legendary Undying Golden Body and study it.’

’I don’t know why, but the War Emperor gathered many Cultivation Techniques from the Thousand Soul Hall and the Demon Race, and even obtained the Venerable Techniques of the other Four Directions Great Emperors, yet he never touched many techniques from the Buddhist Sect. It’s truly strange.’

Shen Lang stroked his chin, lost in thought.

The moment this thought appeared, a warning bell suddenly rang in Shen Lang’s mind!

Shen Lang snapped his head up. A twenty-zhang-long beam of sword light, like a bolt of white silk, slashed down violently toward where he and Monk Bu Se stood!

Wherever the sword light passed, space itself seemed to crack and distort!

Before it had even fully landed, the terrifying gale it generated sent the stones and Demon Beasts below flying!

It was the woman from the Imperial Dragon Sect who had been chasing Monk Bu Se!

"Holy fuck!"

Shen Lang and Monk Bu Se let out a strange cry in unison and darted in opposite directions, hugging the city wall.

"BOOM!"

The silk-like Sword Qi landed where the two had just been standing, slamming into the restriction-covered city wall. A thunderous explosion, like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting, resounded as if a giant meteorite had crashed down!

The world itself seemed to lose its color!

A terrifying ripple of energy, like a tornado, erupted from the city wall and swept across the sky!

Shen Lang staggered back two steps, looking a bit disheveled. He shouted in extreme annoyance, "Are you crazy, woman?! What does you chasing that monk have to do with me? You attack me too without saying a single word?"

A nimble figure emerged from the dust and smoke—it was the woman who had just attacked.

The woman sneered, "Hmph, I meant to cut you down too! That monk’s face lit up when he saw you, and you two were whispering together for ages. It’s obvious you’re birds of a feather, partners in crime! Neither of you is any good!"

Shen Lang said furiously, "What kind of talk is that? Just because we know each other, we’re ’birds of a feather’? This scoundrel is from the Ruyi Buddha Sect. By your logic, does that mean no one from the Ruyi Buddha Sect is any good? Is Chaos not a good person either?"

"..." The woman was speechless. She would never dare say that Master of Chaos was "no good."

Even the Elder Ancestor of the Imperial Dragon Sect had to be respectful when meeting Chaos.

"You sharp-tongued bastard. Let’s see how arrogant you are after I pull out all your teeth!" The killing intent in the woman’s eyes intensified as she spoke through gritted teeth.

Shen Lang turned his head and asked Monk Bu Se, "Is this woman so vicious because you peeked at her while she was bathing, or because you stole her underwear?"

"You’re courting death!" The woman’s expression changed. Her longsword erupted with brilliant light as she swung it diagonally toward Shen Lang again!

This attack, born of anger, was even more powerful than the last!

"How unreasonable..." For the first time, Shen Lang was so angry he felt like he could spit blood.

Time was short, and there was much to do. Shen Lang’s top priority was to investigate the seven Emperor Martial Realm experts.

But he had been interrupted time and time again...

And this woman, as if she had taken the wrong medicine, was clinging to him relentlessly. Shen Lang’s mood hit rock bottom.