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Chapter 178 Possession! (Seeking monthly votes and recommendations!)
Seeing that Hong Qi still dared to talk back to him, Cao Meng immediately decided to teach this pink-haired fox a lesson.

Cao Meng took out the Heart-Devouring and Soul-Eating Mother Gu and used his divine sense to communicate with it.

The Soul-Devouring Mother Gu was created by Tongzi, who is absolutely loyal to Cao Meng and will obey orders without question!

"What exactly did you feed this princess? Why is it so tempting?"

As soon as the Heart-Eating and Soul-Devouring Mother Gu activated its power, Hong Qi immediately felt something was wrong with her body!
The itch isn't just a superficial itch; it's an itch deep inside.

Hong Qi used her divine sense to investigate and discovered that there was actually a worm on her heart!
"Heart-Devouring and Soul-Eating Mother-Child Gu!"

"You consumed the offspring Gu, while what I have is only the mother Gu!"
As for the abilities of the Heart-Eating Soul-Devouring Gu, the gu lives up to its name!

Cao Meng held the mother Gu in his hand and explained it to Hong Qi.

"Knock down!"

While gagging herself, Hongqi tried to force out the Soul-Devouring Gu with her own spiritual power.

"Human, get the offspring Gu out for me!"

Hong Qi's efforts were ultimately futile, leaving her with no choice but to target Cao Meng.

"Pink fox, call me 'master' first!"

Let Hongqi go? How could that be? This mount is practically delivered to our doorstep!

Cao Meng went to great lengths to capture this person, so how could he possibly let him go!

"You damned human! I, this princess, would rather die than submit! You're dreaming if you think you can make me yield!"

"You bastard, you dare to use a curse on this princess! I will never let you get away with this!"

Hongqi glared at Cao Meng through gritted teeth. To be honest, she regretted it at that moment. She shouldn't have come to Jinfo Temple to freeload.

If I hadn't come to the Golden Buddha Temple, I wouldn't have been captured by this shameless human.

"Then you can suffer from the itching all by yourself. I'd like to see how long you can hold out!"

Cao Meng liked tough guys because tough guys are resilient!

"Human bastards!"

Hongqi cursed Cao Meng, but the more she cursed, the more the Gu in her heart tormented her. The itchy feeling in her heart made her extremely uncomfortable, and she could not stand up!

Now that Zi Gu is only scratching her heart, she is already in so much pain; one can only imagine how painful the agony of being devoured by the heart and soul must be.

While Cao Meng was tinkering with Hong Qi, he took out the relic and began to study it.

The moment his divine sense enveloped the relic, something strange happened. The Buddhist light emanating from the relic faded and turned into a ghostly glow.

A powerful divine sense emanated from the relic, and a primordial spirit forcefully entered Cao Meng's brow.

"Seize the body!"

Hongqi, who was lying on the ground, recognized this scene. She did not expect that there was a primordial spirit hidden in this relic.

Hong Qi couldn't help but feel fortunate that the relic had been stolen by this human bastard, and now this human bastard was reaping what he sowed.

Now Cao Meng is facing the problem of being possessed. Lying on the ground, Hong Qi is wondering whether she should take the opportunity to kill Cao Meng and seize the Heart-Eating Soul-Devouring Mother Gu.

The moment this thought crossed her mind, the Soul-Devouring Gu lurking in Hong Qi's heart immediately put on a show—biting into the fox's heart raw.

The excruciating pain writhed on the ground as Hong Qi wailed incessantly!
Within Cao Meng's sea of ​​consciousness... the primordial spirit that had forcibly entered transformed into an old monk. The old monk looked at Cao Meng, his hands clasped together, and said:
"Young man, you have many obsessions in your heart, why not let go of them?"

The sea of ​​consciousness is a mysterious thing. The fewer attachments a person has, the purer their consciousness is; the more attachments a person has, the more turbid their sea of ​​consciousness becomes.

"Old bald monk, who are you?"

Cao Meng was aware of the current situation, but even though he was facing possession, he was not flustered at all because he had a trump card. Therefore, he was a little curious about who this evil old monk was.

"This humble monk will be eternal!"

The old monk did not rush to possess Cao Meng's body, but truthfully revealed his identity to him.

After all, with his cultivation level, possessing a Nascent Soul cultivator would be a piece of cake!

"The founding patriarch of Jinfo Temple, a missionary monk of Buddhism in the Eastern Region Daozhou!"

After Hui Yong revealed his identity, Cao Meng remembered what had happened to him.

After all, Hui Yong was quite famous in the Eastern Region Dao Continent. Back then, he went to the Western Region Buddhist Continent to cultivate and became a disciple of a living Buddha.

After practicing Buddhism in the Western Regions for many years, Huiyong returned to the Eastern Regions to spread Buddhism and founded the Golden Buddha Temple.

It's hard to say whether there would be any Buddhist temples in Dongyu Daozhou today without Huiyong!
Therefore, in the Buddhist history of the Eastern Region Dao Continent, he will be forever revered by believers as the Holy Monk of the Eastern Region Dao Continent!
However, in Cao Meng's opinion, Huiyong was a worthless holy monk!
Could a holy monk possibly do something like orchestrating the possession of a future life's soul?
Hui Yong is now shrouded in evil, clearly the root cause of the corruption within Buddhism in the Eastern Regions. Indeed, like father, like son!
"It is indeed the old monk!"

Hui Yong acknowledged his identity, then bowed to Cao Meng with his hands clasped together, saying:
"This old monk earnestly requests your help, young friend, to grant me another life. When I do so, I will be able to save all sentient beings, and you will also have a share of the merit!"

"You old bald monk, trying to possess my body, and you even put it in such a refined and elegant way!"

Cao Meng had seen hypocrites before, but he had never seen anyone this hypocritical.

What this old bald monk said can be translated as: Don't resist, just die obediently and let me possess your body!
Cao Meng couldn't believe that the old bald monk had the nerve to say something like, "Let me die so that this bald monk can live another life!"
"Now I understand. You left this relic so that you could possess someone else's body and live another life!"
That skeleton probably wanted to refine your relics, but it fell into your trap.

He ultimately chose to fight you to the death, setting up talismans to imprison himself. Even if you successfully possess his body, you will be eternally trapped in the pagoda, eventually dying once more when your lifespan runs out!

At this moment, Cao Meng finally understood why the skeleton imprisoned by the talisman in the pagoda was also an unlucky fellow.

However, this unlucky guy was quite tough and chose to fight to the death!

In fact, Cao Meng guessed about 80% of the answer, but there was one thing he didn't guess.

That unfortunate fellow, before he died, revealed the hoax about the relics.

From then on, no monk from the Golden Buddha Temple dared to covet the relics.

To protect the reputation of Jinfo Temple, the monks set up a protective array to seal the pagoda, preventing Huiyong's relics from ever being restored to the light of day.

Upon hearing Cao Meng's words, Hui Yong became agitated and roared:
"He has fallen into demonic possession and betrayed Buddha!"
If he had allowed the old monk to possess his body, the old monk would have already been reborn, perhaps even attaining the position of Living Buddha and becoming a Living Buddha in the Eastern Region, saving all sentient beings!

Huiyong practiced in Buddhist temples in the Western Buddhist Continent for a thousand years. He took the examination for the status of Living Buddha dozens of times, but failed to obtain the status of Living Buddha because he failed the debate and meditation.

Disheartened, Huiyong returned to the Eastern Region Daozhou and founded the Buddhist lineage.

Later, he was called the Holy Monk by the believers of the Eastern Continent, which made him somewhat arrogant.

He felt that his missionary work in the Eastern Daozhou and his large number of followers should be a plus, so he went to the Wanfo Temple in the Western Fozhou to debate scriptures and meditate, and to take the exam for the title of Living Buddha!

But he still failed. After that, he would go to the Western Regions Buddhist Continent every hundred years to take the exam for the title of Living Buddha.

But even as his lifespan drew to a close, he still hadn't passed the exam and hadn't received the title of Living Buddha!

(End of this chapter)