Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 210 The Secret Realm of the Sea
Instantly, Tang Xuanci felt his blood and qi flow backward, his internal organs churn, and even his consciousness was strongly shaken, making him feel nauseous, dizzy, and lightheaded.

This power is a billion times stronger than Fahai's "Great Luo Mantra".

In less than three breaths, dozens of transvestites had collapsed like mud, losing consciousness.

Those purple-robed figures seemed to be enveloped in a halo, unaffected by the thunder, and they all made their moves, easily flinging the fallen people out of the barrier.

Before ten breaths had passed, another three or four hundred examinees collapsed one after another, and the man in purple robes became increasingly busy.

By the 20th breath, more than half of the nearly 10,000 people had been eliminated;

By the fortieth breath, fewer than a thousand people remained standing.

Tang Xuanci gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, but his gaze was fixed on the direction where Chen Xiaoke was.

However, there were many enormous monsters in between, and they were radiating demonic energy and magic, so they couldn't be seen at all.

So much time had passed, and Tang Xuanci still hadn't seen her thrown away by the man in purple robes, growing increasingly anxious.
"Could it be that she couldn't hold on any longer, and those purple-robed men really didn't help? This is no joke!"

"Thump—thump!" The sound of people falling to the ground rang out repeatedly.

Eight of the nine "little brothers" he had just taken in had already died, leaving only the golden leopard demon still struggling to hold on.

As the number of people blocking his way decreased, his gaze finally pierced through and found a little girl in a monk's robe.

Good guy!
She covered her ears tightly, closed her eyes, and shrank her neck, seemingly terrified. But... she remained standing steadily.

"Om-"

Sixty breaths have passed.

With a final, resounding thud, the silver bell ceased its trembling, the space rippled, and the thunderous sound abruptly stopped.

Looking across the entire field, only 117 people remained standing.

Chen Xiaoke is one of them.

She breathed a long sigh of relief, put down her hands which she didn't know would do any good, and immediately searched for "GeGe" after opening her eyes.

Upon seeing Tang Xuanci, he smiled broadly, his eyes revealing five parts joy and five parts pride, as if to say, "See, aren't I amazing?"

Tang Xuanci stared in disbelief, inwardly exclaiming "Holy crap!" and wondering what level of cultivation this guy had now.
First, rule out the Golden Core realm!
If anyone could withstand the thunderous sound for sixty breaths with just their Golden Core cultivation, he would immediately swallow the bell on his head.

Secondly, as Sha Dingtian said, the purpose of the Thunder Sound Trial is to rigorously test one's divine sense and magical power. Unless one uses a special magic weapon, there is basically no way to cheat. Nine out of ten Nascent Soul cultivators cannot survive more than sixty breaths.

In other words, Chen Xiaoke, this idiot, reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage without stepping on his own feet, and might even have become an immortal?
Is this scientifically accurate? Is it a beaver?
That Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta actually possesses such heaven-defying supernatural powers?
Soon, the immortals of the Doubu Sect began to verify the palm talismans and tally the results.

Those who are eliminated early will be awarded points ranging from "one" to "forty-nine" depending on the length of time they persisted, and will only be able to participate in the essay competition afterward.

Those who remain within the barrier will receive 50 points and will be subject to a lottery for a combat test.

These 117 people were either geniuses from major sects, demons with special supernatural powers, or freaks like the "Devil Muscle Monk"... each with an astonishing aura.

Chen Xiaoke standing among them looked like a mouse being a bridesmaid for a cat, completely out of place.

When the celestial official was keeping score, he looked at her with a strange expression and whispered to his colleague:

"I never imagined that this young nun would possess such cultivation?"

"She's a Pure Land Buddhist, but I've never heard of her before. Looking at her household registration information, it seems she's from Lesser Jambudvipa (a small part of Southern Jambudvipa). Could she be practicing on Mount Luojia?"

Ignoring everyone else, Chen Xiaoke quickly ran up to Tang Xuanci.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!!"

"Snapped!!!"

Tang Xuanci pulled her to the side and slapped her three times, each slap harder than the last. Despite the soft, bouncy touch, she felt a tremendous force of recoil.

Chen Xiaoke felt very happy, and with a playful smile, she said in a coquettish tone:

"Pigsy, please let me take the exam for the City God."

"You don't know, the people in Baoxiang Kingdom are really pitiful."

“I’m coming to find you. The monks at Hongfa Temple over there helped me. A few days ago, in order to cover my trip here for the exam, their abbot and several monks were beaten to death on the way.”

At this point, her giggling stopped instantly, and her doe-like eyes welled up with tears, making her look pitiful. Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanci immediately recalled that he had been particularly careful on his way to Mount Taihua, and the monkey had also warned him of the possible ambushes set by Buddhist and Taoist practitioners along the way.

Thinking about it now, those people probably weren't after me, but after Chen Xiaoke.

Tang Xuanci neither confirmed nor denied her words, but first frowned and asked, "How did you acquire this cultivation level? What realm have you reached?"

Chen Xiaoke wiped her eyes and said:
"I do not know either.

"Guanyin Bodhisattva took me to Mount Luojia and told me to cultivate by listening to the sound of the ocean tide every day. Sudhana also taught me the 'Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon'."

"One day, I was listening to music and lost track of time. I seemed to fall asleep on the beach and sat there for seven days and seven nights."

"At that time, Xiao Cai said that I had already attained perfect understanding through hearing and had mastered the first level of the 'Avalokitesvara Divine Power,' which was equivalent to reaching the Core Formation Realm of cultivators and demons."

Ah this?

Tang Xuanci was stunned. He immediately remembered that when Guanyin kidnapped Chen Xiaoke, she said that Chen Xiaoke had a talent for Buddhist cultivation and that she would take her back to teach her the methods of Buddhist practice.

I thought it was just nonsense, but I didn't expect it to actually be taught?
Chen Xiaoke continued to chatter:

"Then, Xiao Cai took me across the ocean to see you, but I accidentally ate a fruit and two poisonous insects on the way and got poisoned."

"Then, Xiao Cai took me to another island to get treatment. As a result, I accidentally messed up an old man's chessboard, but he said that I helped him solve the 'Heart-Questioning Chess Game' and that he would help me get treatment."

"Then, I fell asleep, and when I woke up, I was in a place on the seabed where there was no water, and my arm was broken off."

As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeve, revealing her fair and tender right arm, and gave an expression that said, "It's terrifying just thinking about it."

Tang Xuanci's expression darkened slightly; he knew that she must have fallen into the deep sea during the fierce battle between the Buddhist sect and the attackers. He asked:
"Don't you know how you got there?"

Chen Xiaoke thought for a moment and said:

"It must have been the whale that carried me there."

"It is a small whale without scales, and it can fly in the sky."

"When I was cleaning barnacles for turtles and crabs at the beach, I pulled out two nails for one of them, and it became my friend after that."

He was rescued by a whale in the chaos of the sea... Tang Xuanci was speechless, thinking to himself, "Goodness, this guy really has a wide circle of friends."

He asked:

"And then? What place is that?"

Chen Xiaoke said:

"I don't know, it's so big there, with many white pillars and beams as tall as mountains, and lots of swords and magical artifacts."

"I searched for a long time but didn't know how to get out. Later, Jingjing led me to a mountain wall with many words and patterns and helped me practice the martial arts on it and a kind of magic that could pass through walls."

"I was so stupid. It took me several years to get through that mountain wall and into a white, glowing place, like a palace made of light."

"I don't know how it happened, but all the light suddenly penetrated our skin, and it felt cool. My arm just grew back all of a sudden."

"Then it got completely dark there, we couldn't see anything, and water rushed in, so we swam back to the sea."

"Then I'll go to Baoxiang Kingdom to find you~"

Tang Xuanci was completely confused, but noticed one detail and asked in surprise, "You said you cultivated in that place for several years?"

"Yes, I thought I'd never get out and would never see you again!"

"Didn't you ask about the date when you got ashore? It's still the fourteenth year of Zhenguan. You only stayed there for two and a half months at most. It's very likely... that the flow of time and space is different from the outside, like the difference between the Heavenly Palace and the human world."

"Huh? Really?" Chen Xiaoke asked in surprise.

Tang Xuanci asked helplessly, "So what is your current cultivation level?"

"I don't know either," she thought for a moment, then suddenly patted her chest with confidence, "but I feel incredibly strong right now. I can kill monsters with 'Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon,' and these people might not be able to beat me."

Tang Xuanci was both annoyed and amused. He thought to himself, "Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon? Isn't that a move that anyone in the Pure Land Sect can do? And he wants to use it on these immortals and demons who are going through the Thunder Sound Trial?"
However, seeing that the Star Official of the Dipper Department had summoned the examinees to gather again, he didn't bother to ask further questions and simply pointed to himself, saying:

"Come on, use the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon to hit me, let me see how capable you are?"

(End of this chapter)