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Chapter 175 Relic (Seeking monthly votes and recommendations!)
Although the monks of Jinfo Temple on Hongfo Mountain have been largely abolished, there are still monks from Jinfo Temple stationed in some other places.

When those cultivators return, they might still be saved.

"You wicked monks, I'm helping you accumulate merit and do good deeds, don't be ungrateful!"

After Cao Meng finished speaking, he gave Xue Nai and the group of snow maidens a look.

Xue Nai and the others immediately understood and rushed towards Zen Master Shi Hua and his group.

Amidst the wails of Master Shi Hua and the others, they were torn to pieces by Xue Nai and her companions.

Zen Master Shi Hua and his companions never dreamed that, with their cultivation levels, they would one day be dismembered by Yukina and other snow women, becoming their food.

"Yukina, remember what I told you!"

Cao Meng watched as Xue Nai devoured Shi Hua's heart and gave her a word of advice.

"Master, don't worry!"

With her mouth full of blood, Xue Nai assured Cao Meng that even if Cao Meng didn't give them blood food, they would still have to obey him, because their lifeline, the Ten Thousand Souls Snow Banner, was in Cao Meng's hands.

"Sisters, let's eat and work at the same time!"

As the leader of the Yuki-onna, Yukina gave the order, and the three hundred Yuki-onna dispersed to scavenge for resources!
Cao Meng took out the Netherworld Compass and began to study it, wanting to see if there were any good things hidden in the Golden Buddha Temple!

Corpse Yin Sect's forbidden secret realm...

"Cao Meng has some impressive skills! He actually managed to destroy the Golden Buddha Temple with the help of Xuan Yu!"

Chi Liyu already knew about the destruction of Jinfo Temple, but she didn't care that Jinfo Temple had been destroyed. After all, it was just a small temple, so what if it was destroyed?

However, she was a little curious about what methods Cao Meng used to get the old Living Buddha Xuan Yu, who was at the Tribulation Transcending stage, to destroy the Golden Buddha Temple.

What she was more curious about was how Jinfo Temple had offended Cao Meng. According to the investigation by the Corpse Yin Sect, Cao Meng and Jinfo Temple had no grudges against each other!

Cao Meng: Chi Liyu, can't I act on behalf of Heaven?
"Kugu, choose a new sheep from among the top-tier sects!"

Chi Liyu directly transmitted his voice to the withered bone Taoist, saying that now that the Golden Buddha Temple had been slaughtered by the old Living Buddha Xuan Yu, the Corpse Yin Sect needed a new sheep to replace it!
After pondering for a moment, Chi Liyu instructed the maid in green:
"Qing'er, go find that old Living Buddha Xuan Yu and tell him that our Corpse Yin Sect can leave the matter of Buddhist authority to him; he can handle it himself. But don't go too far with other matters!"

This was Chi Liyu's maximum tolerance for the old Living Buddha Xuanyu. The Buddhist sects of the Eastern Dao Continent originated from the Western Buddhist Continent, and she could understand the old Living Buddha Xuanyu's purge of his sect.

But if they were to arbitrarily destroy other sects, she would have to intervene, since this was the Eastern Dao Continent and the Western Buddhist Continent!

"As ordered!"

After bowing to Chi Liyu, the maid in green robes immediately vanished into thin air.

Golden Buddha Temple...

"There really is something good here!"

Cao Meng, carrying the Netherworld Compass, wandered around the Golden Buddha Temple and eventually discovered something unusual in one place.

It was a pagoda, or more precisely, an ancient Buddhist pagoda!

This pagoda actually has restrictions and formations, so there must be something good inside!
"There wouldn't be any relics inside the stupa, would there?"

Cao Meng looked at the pagoda and muttered something to himself. After all, in the Buddhist tradition, pagodas are generally used to house relics.

In the world of cultivation, relics are not as simple as gallstones, teeth, or bones.

In the cultivation world, relics are the spiritual artifacts that powerful monks transform into before their passing away.

"No, how could there be any relics in this godforsaken Jinfo Temple!"

Cao Meng did not believe that Jinfo Temple contained relics, after all, Jinfo Temple was corrupt to the core.

How could a temple that is corrupt to the core possibly contain relics?

Even if Jinfo Temple has produced eminent monks with relics over the past hundreds of thousands of years, they would probably have been sold or used by the monks of Jinfo Temple long ago!
"Let's get started!" Cao Meng didn't bother to think any further and immediately decided to dig up the pagoda to see if there were any treasures inside.

According to Cao Meng's calculations using the Netherworld Compass, the southeast corner of the pagoda was the weakest point in the array's restrictions.

Cao Meng arrived at the southeast corner of the pagoda, took out the Netherworld Shovel, and immediately began work.

Cao Meng had only dug a few shovelfuls when he suddenly stopped, because he felt someone was secretly watching him.

Cao Menghui immediately released his divine sense to investigate, but found nothing.

"Weird!"

Cao Meng felt that his intuition was probably right, unless the other party was far superior to him.

After thinking about it carefully, Cao Meng realized that he was probably afraid of being watched by the Corpse Yin Sect.

After all, the old Living Buddha, a powerful being at the Tribulation Transcending stage, had destroyed the Golden Buddha Temple less than half a day ago. Who would dare to come to the Golden Buddha Temple to freeload at this time? Wouldn't that be courting death?
Even if someone does come, it means they are not afraid of the Living Buddha Xuan Yu. In the entire Eastern Region Dao Continent, the only group that is not afraid of the Living Buddha is the Corpse Yin Sect.

If it really is someone from the Corpse Yin Sect secretly watching me, so be it. I've been monitored by Chi Liyu's people for so long, it doesn't matter anymore!

With this in mind, Cao Meng continued digging, but he also secretly prepared a few fifth-tier talismans in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

"call!"

A pair of alluring eyes secretly watched Cao Meng from the shadows. Seeing that he was continuing to dig, she breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"I was almost discovered by them, luckily this princess has a magical artifact that carries my aura!"

The reason she came to Jinfo Temple on Hongfu Mountain was because the old Living Buddha had announced that Jinfo Temple had been abolished.

Upon hearing this message, she rushed over, hoping to take advantage of the situation.

As it happened, she witnessed the old Living Buddha breaking through the void and leaving the Golden Buddha Temple. Because she couldn't see through Cao Meng's strength, she had been hiding in the shadows and watching.

Cao Meng dug for a long time and finally broke through a tunnel through a weak point in the array's restrictions, thus entering the interior of the pagoda.

When Cao Meng arrived inside the pagoda, he was immediately surprised to find that there was nothing inside except an altar.

Inside the altar was the skeleton of a monk wearing a kasaya, with his limbs bound by talismans and shackles.

In the hands of the monk's remains was a crystal-clear pearl, which emitted a faint Buddhist light!
"This is a relic!"

Cao Meng immediately recognized the jewel emitting Buddhist light in the monk's skeleton's hand as a legendary relic.

He never expected that this filthy place, Jinfo Temple, would actually contain relics.

How strange, how very strange!
However, Cao Meng felt something was amiss. Relics are the essence of a monk's entire cultivation and physical body. Logically speaking, if there are relics here, there shouldn't be any remains.

But here is the skeleton of a monk wearing a kasaya. How strange!

Even stranger, the monk's remains had his limbs bound by talismans, as if they were restraining something!
Just as Cao Meng was wondering what was going on, a pink lightning bolt flashed by, and the relic in the monk's hand disappeared.

"Dare to snatch food from the tiger's mouth here, Cao Meng? You're courting death!"

Cao Meng chased after the pink lightning bolt, simultaneously unleashing a fifth-tier talisman to attack it.

Anyone who dares to steal from Cao Meng must die!

As soon as the fifth-tier talisman was unleashed, a thunderous attack hurtled towards the opponent.

"go with!"

The opponent also unleashed a talisman, which met Cao Meng's talisman head-on.

At this moment, Cao Meng finally saw the true nature of this pink lightning bolt; he hadn't expected it to be pink...

(End of this chapter)