The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 257 Strange Lama

By the time Wu Chengyu had managed to persuade Qiu Qianchi to leave, he had recited the sayings of Confucius and Mencius dozens of times in front of her, which gradually influenced her subconscious. Even the decision to make Qiu Qianchi leave earlier was made under Wu Chengyu's prompting; the woman was genuinely reluctant to leave at first.

Wu Chengyu waited until the second watch of the night. The area around the meditation room was quiet, as if everyone had fallen asleep. The Great Ci'en Temple was eerily quiet.

But Wu Chengyu knew that this was the moment when the experts and guards here were most alert. Everyone was actually waiting for something. It seemed quiet, but danger was lurking everywhere.

Although Heshi Lie Liangping's plan to lure the Seven Immortals of Quanzhen had not yet been implemented, the ambush here had already begun when Wu Chengyu disguised himself as Lei Datou to make contact at the oil shop, especially at night.

Wu Chengyu did not immediately leave the room; instead, he sat inside and used a 3D model to observe every detail within a hundred meters of him.

Most of the daytime sentries were switched to covert patrols, with only a few teams of soldiers, about thirty men in total, constantly patrolling the area around the meditation room with torches.

However, the sentries were distributed in a very regular pattern, almost one every five steps, and they were positioned in a three-dimensional manner to ensure that each person could see at least two of their companions.

Even with Wu Chengyu's superb lightness skill, he could only take out a dozen or so sentries at most in one go, and it would be difficult to guarantee that he wouldn't be discovered if he wanted to continue.

On the roof of almost every room, there were archers and one or two skilled fighters. The rooftops could see each other, making it a veritable inescapable net.

Wu Chengyu lowered his head and thought for a moment. If it was just about sneaking in, with his keen senses and lightness skills, he could quickly move to the next guard's blind spot after entering one guard's blind spot, and repeat this process without being detected.

However, once he makes an assassination attempt, his actions will be exposed, and he will be attacked by the crowd immediately.

Because the real masters didn't come out to stand guard; instead, they hid in their rooms and would immediately take action if anything unusual happened.

Then we'll also have to count Qiu Qianren, who can stand up to Wu Chengyu head-on, and Wu Chengyu has yet to discover this guy's whereabouts.

Wu Chengyu will definitely kill some people after he makes his move, but this assassination attempt will inevitably end in failure. He promised Qiu Chuji that he would kill all those who were besieging him.

Wu Chengyu is a man who values ​​promises above all else. When he doesn't want to make a promise, no one can stop him. But once he does make a promise, he will risk his life, just like when he assassinated Shi Miyuan.

The most urgent task is to find Qiu Qianren's exact location. If we can assassinate Qiu Qianren first, even if he is only seriously injured, the other experts will be unable to deal with Wu Chengyu.

He immediately prepared to use his lightness skill to get out through the skylight, but as soon as his hand touched the skylight, he stopped, grabbed the window frame with one hand, and hung motionless in mid-air, completely concealing his breathing and heartbeat.

Just as he was about to break through the window, he suddenly sensed a slight fluctuation in the surrounding air. It was so subtle that he wouldn't have been able to detect it if he hadn't been so perceptive and had such a keen eye for detail.

It was like an ultrasonic wave that he used to talk his way out of trouble; a normal person wouldn't be able to feel it, but at this moment it filled the entire meditation room area.

Wu Chengyu didn't understand what had happened, but he knew that if he had gone out like that, his figure would have been detected immediately even if he was at the Microscopic Realm, just like a leaf falling on a still lake, which would still cause ripples.

Nothing in this world is invincible or without flaws, not even the realm of subtlety. Wu Chengyu had known this for a long time.

However, he hadn't expected to find something here that could restrain someone at the Subtle Realm. He might not be able to break it in a fight, but discovering someone at the Subtle Realm infiltrating would be enough. Wu Chengyu hung under the skylight for a while, feeling that the fluctuations last for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before temporarily disappearing. Actually, they didn't disappear, but rather temporarily moved away.

In the time that had just passed, he noticed through the 3D model that a group of lamas, about five or six people, were slowly walking past his house as if on patrol, chanting sutras.

These lamas were somewhat burly and robust, but their steps sounded unsteady and their breathing was normal. They didn't seem to possess any profound martial arts skills. However, it was precisely the fluctuations they generated when chanting sutras together that made Wu Chengyu dare not make any rash moves.

Good heavens, luckily he went with the flow and pretended to be captured by Qiu Qianchi and brought to the Great Ci'en Temple. If Wu Chengyu had secretly come here at night, given the lama who could break through the Subtle Realm and the sophisticated hidden sentry defenses here, Wu Chengyu would have had a 70% chance of being exposed.

Therefore, Buddhist and Taoist sects, including Tantric Buddhism, all have some hidden skills unknown to outsiders. According to Wu Chengyu's conjecture, the scriptures chanted by these lamas should contain their spiritual cultivation. After all, Tantric Buddhism emphasizes reincarnation and has its unique insights into spiritual studies.

After the group of lamas had gone far away, Wu Chengyu gave up his plan to go out and investigate, and instead returned to his bed, closing his eyes to observe slowly.

Over the course of a full hour, three groups of lamas passed by his house. Each time they passed by, the surrounding space would experience subtle fluctuations for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Even after the lamas had gone far away, these fluctuations would continue for a while.

These three groups of lamas appeared about once every half incense stick's time. Wu Chengyu didn't know if there were other lamas a little further away from the meditation room, but the presence of these three groups of lamas in the vicinity alone made him dare not make any more rash moves.

Thanks to Qiu Qianchi's act of forcibly taking a man from the people, Wu Chengyu escaped a calamity. If he hadn't been in the meditation room and had instead sneaked in from the outside, unaware of the lamas' presence, he would have surely failed and been surrounded.

All night long, Wu Chengyu stayed obediently in his room, thinking of a way to break the deadlock. After much thought, he decided to target Qiu Qianchi.

Sure enough, Qiu Qianchi came to the door again early the next morning, this time personally bringing breakfast to Wu Chengyu.

Wu Chengyu didn't stand on ceremony and chatted with Qiu Qianchi while eating breakfast.

Confucius said, "To achieve benevolence," and Mencius said, "To uphold righteousness." I wonder where Miss Qiu's brother is right now?

Each time Qiu Qianchi uttered these eight words, she became more confused, and the words came out of her mouth without thinking.

"My brother is being very secretive, and he changes rooms every night. I don't even know where he stayed last night. I'll go look for him later."

"Confucius said... Mencius said... I seem to hear a lot of lamas chanting sutras. This is the Great Ci'en Temple, how could there be Tantric lamas here?"

"My brother told me that these lamas specialize in Tantric practices and haven't practiced martial arts much. There are more than thirty of them, and they all act strangely. They sleep during the day and wander around here at night, chanting scriptures as they go. They're really annoying."

"Confucius said... Mencius said... Although this place is a temple, why do I always feel that there is danger lurking around it?"

"I'll let you in on a little secret: this place is rigged with bombs. You tell me how dangerous it is, but don't worry, as long as you don't light it, it won't explode."

(End of this chapter)