Chapter 834 - 837: Legend

Fish basket?

A fish?

What exactly does the other party want me to do?

If not for Miaoshan’s kind heart, any other princess would be ready to fight the Ancestor of Blood Refinement at any moment.

But even so, Miaoshan’s little brows were tightly knitted together.

"Don’t get angry!"

"You mustn’t get angry," Miaoshan urged herself in her heart.

Miaoshan knew that the Ancestor of Blood Refinement wanted to teach her Buddhist martial arts. She hadn’t seen them before, but everyone had heard of them—

Buddhist martial arts,

some use a mighty Zen staff,

some use Linglong Buddha beads,

and some use a soft kasaya to defeat enemies,

but who would use a fish basket?

Miaoshan really couldn’t understand. Why did the Ancestor of Blood Refinement ask someone to bring a fish basket with a fish in it?

"Yes." Bo Gu obeyed and walked out. He had unconditional trust in the Ancestor of Blood Refinement.

He knew that if the Ancestor asked him to bring a fish basket with a fish inside,

there must be a deep meaning to it. His task was to obediently follow the instructions, doing whatever the Ancestor said.

Before long, Bo Gu finally returned with a fish basket, containing a fish!

The fish was a goldfish. It was small and appeared to be dying due to the lack of water.

"Ancestor, I’m back." Bo Gu came before the Ancestor of Blood Refinement and bowed.

"Well done."

A fish basket, exactly like this one, woven from bamboo strips, with gaps, unable to hold water,

the goldfish inside looking as if it were about to die.

The Ancestor of Blood Refinement said, "This goldfish, one could say, has some destiny. Today, it has great fortune."

The goldfish in the basket seemed too ordinary to understand human speech.

But Miaoshan and the others couldn’t comprehend—what kind of destiny or fortune could a goldfish have?

The Ancestor of Blood Refinement chuckled, stood up, and with his right hand, sliced open his left palm, letting a drop of blood fly out and land on the goldfish,

Immediately, the goldfish seemed to gain spiritual sense, its eyes became lively, spiritual power appeared inside it, as if it were on the verge of becoming part of the Monster Race.

"This is..."

Yang Tianzi and the others, who had been seated, all stood up in shock, astonished.

The change before their eyes was beyond their imagination,

was a single drop of blood enough to change its race?

What was happening?

"Goldfish, are you willing to help her?" The Ancestor of Blood Refinement approached and pointed at Miaoshan, saying.

"I am willing." It had just been an ordinary fish, but now, it could already speak.

Yang Tianzi looked complicated, unsure what realm the Ancestor of Blood Refinement belonged to, but they were certain that not even the Martial Emperor Realm could achieve this.

Their hearts were filled with complex emotions.

But for the goldfish, things were different now. Blessed with spiritual wisdom, it felt like it was about to make a significant contribution again, brimming with joy.

"As long as you’re willing." The Ancestor of Blood Refinement nodded in satisfaction, turning to Miaoshan, "You and it share a destiny."

"A destiny with it?" Miaoshan raised an eyebrow, "What kind of destiny?"

Destiny, like a matrimonial bond, a father-daughter bond, and so on,

Yang Tianzi and the others were also puzzled. What kind of destiny could Miaoshan have with a fish?

"How to put it?" The Ancestor of Blood Refinement found himself at a loss for words, pondering for a moment, and then said, "Consider it a lifelong bond."

A lifelong bond?

Before anyone could react, Bo Gu and Meng Tian were shocked. This statement was similar to when the Ancestor of Blood Refinement told He Qiong she had a bond with the pangolin.

They exchanged glances, feeling that while the Ancestor was good at everything,

his emotional intelligence was a glaring weakness.

Sure enough, hearing the Ancestor of Blood Refinement’s words, Miaoshan was also displeased. She had been engaged to many men, but they all died.

Would she now share a lifelong bond with a goldfish?

This was something she couldn’t accept.

The Ancestor of Blood Refinement coldly said, "Why such a pained expression? What are you struggling with? Do you still want to learn Buddhist martial arts?"

With that, he prepared to walk away. If you don’t want to learn, I’ll leave; don’t ask me later.

Seeing this demeanor, Miaoshan gritted her teeth. She felt that if she left now, she would lose something important, a feeling she only got when encountering Wu Tian.

Unexpectedly, the Ancestor of Blood Refinement also gave her this strange feeling.

She apologized, "Sir, I was wrong. Whatever you want me to do, just tell me."

"Good." The Ancestor of Blood Refinement nodded,

while Master Li the Fortune Teller couldn’t believe it—Miaoshan now showed respect to the Ancestor?

Wasn’t it just to expose him?

Supposedly, it was supposed to be done for that reason only.

...The Ancestor of Blood Refinement was still pondering what kind of Buddhist martial arts to teach her,

The Heavenly Emperor’s Treasure House was a realm of primordial mythical worlds. Naturally, among them, there was the west, like the Great Thunderclap Monastery. But it must be said, Jieyin and Zhunti were really troublesome, always liking to snatch magical treasures from others,

"This item is fated with me,"

fearful of their treasures being taken away,

as a result, the west hardly left any classic scriptures behind,

fearing that when Jieyin and Zhunti followed Hongjun the Patriarch to battle the Immortal Emperor Realm, they might have preemptively burned some scriptures,

Buddhist spells were nowhere to be found by Wu Tian.

But Wu Tian had a solution,

Ancestor of Blood Refinement looked at Miaoshan, saying, "Whatever I ask you to do, you will do it later, understand?"

"Alright." Miaoshan didn’t know what the Ancestor of Blood Refinement had planned, but she nodded in agreement.

The Ancestor of Blood Refinement summoned Bo Gu and Meng Tian over and whispered a few words to them.

Bo Gu and Meng Tian were shocked.

"Do as I say," the Ancestor of Blood Refinement commanded in an authoritative tone, leaving no room for refusal.

Bo Gu and Meng Tian nodded, albeit hesitantly. What exactly did the Ancestor want them to do?

It was to gather all the blood refiners in the courtyard and have them collectively annoy Miaoshan, asking her to marry them.

They couldn’t comprehend the reason behind the Ancestor’s request.

But since the Ancestor had commanded it, they had no choice but to comply.

They went out of the hall, gathered the servants, and once they explained, the servants all wore expressions of despair.

"What should we do? Do we really have to do it?"

"Of course, the Ancestor of Blood Refinement told us to."

"Looks like we can only offend that lady."

"Indeed."

Bo Gu and Meng Tian led a group of servants into the hall.

Yang Tianzi, Master Li the Fortune Teller, and others didn’t know why the Ancestor of Blood Refinement had brought so many people in,

but the next moment, Bo Gu and Meng Tian’s followers stepped up to Miaoshan one by one,

"Please marry me."

"No, marry me instead."

"How can that be? You should marry me. I know the ’Universal Gate Chapter,’ the ’Diamond Sutra,’ and even the ’Lotus Sutra.’ I’m Ma Lang, remember me?" One of them even recited the line the Ancestor of Blood Refinement specifically instructed him to say.

"What?" Miaoshan, holding the fish basket with the goldfish jumping inside, felt her head spinning at their words.