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The bright morning sun cascaded over the exterior of the Mother Buddha Temple.

On the colossal stone mass of Black Stone Mountain, silence reigned dead.

The town at the mountain’s base seemed to be business as usual, showing no signs of change, which clearly indicated the abnormal situation atop the mountain hadn’t affected the mortals below.

Li Muyang furrowed his brows as he eyed the Mother Buddha Temple before him, on guard for any potential enemies.

If someone managed to defeat the Mother Buddha, they would undoubtedly be a tough nut to crack, and might still be lurking nearby.

He had to remain vigilant.

Yet at that moment, an ethereal white shadow, ghastly pale, gradually materialized out of the shadows.

The slender form and distinct curves of the shadow resembled those of a woman, devoid of facial features or clothing, yet also lacking any gender-specific attributes.

It was like a pale silhouette without even a mouth, simply standing there with respectful posture, gesturing for Li Muyang to come inside.

Li Muyang looked at the white shadow before him and frowned slightly.

He had seen such shadows before, commandeered by the Mother Buddha.

However, given the uncertain circumstances of the Mother Buddha Temple, he remained cautious.

Only after a faint and weary voice came from the depths of the temple, one that belonged to the Mother Buddha, did Li Muyang temporarily lower his guard.

“…Muyang, since you’ve arrived, why not come in?”

The voice of the Mother Buddha was quite weak, clearly not in good condition.

But at least it was calm.

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Even if there truly had been enemies at her door, the chances were high that she had fended them off.

Only then did Li Muyang step into the Mother Buddha Temple, following the ghastly white shadow to the same spacious hall as before.

Inside the Buddha Hall that enshrined the ten-meter tall statue of Chu Qingxue, the lighting was ominously dark, black as night.

Although it was the brightly lit morning outside, the vast hall was shrouded in an eerie gloom, with the Mother Buddha hunched in front of the statue, wrapped in a pitch-black kasaya, her side illuminated by the faint glow of a strange bronze lamp.

The dim light of the lamp highlighted the visible frailty of the Mother Buddha.

Her stooped frame resembled that of an old, feeble woman.

Li Muyang set foot into the hall and surveyed the surroundings with a frown.

The anomaly within the Mother Buddha Temple was so obvious that even a blind person couldn’t miss it.

On the stone-paved path in front of the hall, numerous dark red footprints were left behind.

Yet these prints were not human, but three-toed animal tracks, hinting that some beast had been running through the courtyard not long ago.

The air was tinged with a faint smell of sulfur, alongside the sensation of heat that came from burning flames.

The Mother Buddha in black coughed softly, seemingly aware of Li Muyang’s curiosity, and took the initiative to explain, “It’s nothing too major, just an old adversary showed up.”

“We had a quarrel and some disagreements, but it’s already gone.”

While speaking, the Mother Buddha looked up and smiled kindly at Li Muyang, “Compared to that old thing, Muyang, did you catch any heartworms on your return this time?”

Li Muyang pulled out a gourd and tossed it towards the Mother Buddha in front of him.

The Mother Buddha joyfully received the gourd, removed the stopper to check the number inside, and was very pleased.

“247… Let’s just round it up to 250 for you, Muyang.”

After saying this, the Mother Buddha coughed, and two white shadows slowly rose from the shadows of the hall.

In their hands, they held a small, delicate medicine gourd.

The Mother Buddha said, “In here are five Seven Marrow Pills, Muyang, take them for now.”

The two white shadows respectfully offered the small medicine gourd, and as Li Muyang took it, the system issued a notification.

[You have received Seven Marrow Pill X5]

Having successfully obtained the Seven Marrow Pill, Li Muyang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He had been somewhat afraid that the old witch would renege on their deal after seeing the heart-devouring worm, but to his surprise, although the old monster was sinister, it kept to the agreement.

Now that he had acquired the Seven Marrow Pill he needed, Li Muyang didn’t intend to stay any longer.

“Then I’ll be going back, to continue hunting heart-devouring worms for my elder in the ashen fog below,” he said.

As for the disturbance that occurred in the Buddha Mother Temple, Li Muyang didn’t want to meddle in it, not even willing to ask more questions.

But when Li Muyang wanted to leave, the Buddha Mother who looked exactly like Chu Qingxue stopped him.

The Buddha Mother smiled and said, “Muyang, don’t you want to ask who my old nemesis is? And why he came to make trouble in my little temple?”

Li Muyang shook his head. “That’s my senior’s business, I shouldn’t ask.”

Li Muyang’s whole demeanor screamed resistance, not wanting to wade into muddy waters.

Seeing his attitude, the Buddha Mother laughed softly and shook her head.

“You don’t want to get into trouble, but that old monster may not let you off so easily.”

“It has been driven away by me but definitely hasn’t gone far. It might even be hiding in the nearby wilderness, having seen you, Muyang, fly into this place.”

“If you leave now on your own, it’s quite possible that the old thing will ambush you in the wilderness.”

“Qing Xue is devoted to you, and as her mother, I certainly don’t want my daughter to become a widow…” the Buddha Mother said, laughing.

Then, she reached out her slender, scallion-like fingers and fumbled underneath her dark kasaya for quite a while before finally producing a fragrance pouch.

She then threw the fragrance pouch to Li Muyang, saying, “If you encounter that old monster blocking your way when you leave, pinch this fragrance pouch, and it can temporarily scare the old thing away.”

Li Muyang took the fragrance pouch with a trace of surprise.

The texture he felt with his fingers was soft and squishy. Could the pouch contain the flesh of something akin to the mythological Taishang Laojun? Yet there was a subtle difference…

After pondering for a moment, Li Muyang asked, “May I inquire, elder, who is it that came to make trouble at the Buddha Mother Temple?”

Since he might have been targeted, he had no choice but to give up the idea of looking out for himself alone.

In the Buddha Hall, the black-robed Buddha Mother coughed softly several times before she finally spoke.

“That old thing is called Second Master Bai, the leader of some fiends beyond the border.”

“Among the fiends beyond the border, there are five kinds that are most likely to become influential: fox, willow, yellow, white, and gray.”

“Since you’ve consumed the Seven Marrow Pill, you might have more or less picked up the scent of our Buddha Mother Temple. If you encounter these five types of demons in the future, stay away from them.”

The Buddha Mother spoke while coughing.

The sound of her coughing grew louder, and the coughs seemed more painful.

Eventually, it was worrisome as if she might cough up her lungs.

Li Muyang, holding the fragrance pouch, tentatively pinched it lightly.

The next second, a burst of golden light exploded from the fragrance pouch in Li Muyang’s hand.

Bathed in the golden light, Li Muyang only felt relaxed and his breath smooth as if he were bathed in the Holy Light of the Path of Immortality.

He looked at the Buddha Mother in astonishment, only to see that at the sudden appearance of the golden light, two white shadows retreated in fear, slowly pulling back into the shadows behind the Buddha Mother.

Inside the Buddha Hall, only the smiling, kindly expression of the Buddha Mother remained unchanged, unaffected by the golden light.

“…Inside here is the heart of a Seven-Colored Glazed Glass Heart of an Immortal,” she said with a grin to Li Muyang.

“To a thing like Second Master Bai, this Holy Light of the Path of Immortality is like the scorching sun to the insects in the cracks of the earth, instinctively wanting to hide.”

“With the heart of this Immortal as you leave, even if Second Master Bai blocks you outside the mountain, there should be no danger,” she said.