Chapter 91.1

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The lama yelled very loudly, to the point where everyone’s ears were truly buzzing. The echoes still lingered on the highlands.

The tourists were all confused by the long string of tongue-curling titles that came out of his mouth, but the two lamas did not seem to be enemies. Everyone was still on guard, but the hostility had eased significantly. They hesitantly glanced towards Wei Xun.

“If the exorcist emissary you’re talking about is named Wei Xun.”

Wei Xun gazed thoughtfully at the descendant of the eagle flutist, then raised his eyebrows, and said casually, “I’m Wei Xun.”

He didn’t admit it in an outright manner. The two lamas looked at each other, and their expressions became more solemn. The leading lama put his hands together and bowed, and said respectfully, “Emissary, The lama of Xiaolin Temple asked us to come here to pick you up.”

Meeting the lama of Xiaolin Temple was one of his important tasks. Wei Xun remembered that Amala had asked him to hand over the Gusin thangka to the lama and to tell him about the resurrection of the devil’s thangka.

But now the devil’s thangka had been wiped out by him. Others might be a little embarrassed when others mentioned this issue, but Wei Xun was very calm. Now that he knew that these two lamas were from Xiaolin Temple, he simply chatted with them a bit longer.

Although these two lamas appeared like iron towers and seemed to be fierce on the outside, they were honest and simple. They did not like to talk too much, but they were very respectful towards Wei Xun. Wei Xun obtained a lot of information from the lamas’ mouths.

“Xiaolin Temple has been closed for a hundred years. The gate of the temple was opened because the Lama sensed that the devil was about to revive and cause harm to the world. First, he wanted to wipe the devil out before it regained its full power. Second, there was an incident of theft at the scripture cave.”

While the descendant of the eagle flutist brought the two lamas to prepare the items needed for the later part of the tour’s itinerary, Wei Xun returned to the tour group and told the others, “Xiaolin Temple is the legendary place where the Buddha Tonpa Shenrab passed away. The most complete Bon religion classics are in the scripture cave, and the insides are heavily guarded. The theft incident at the scripture cave was taken very seriously by everyone in Xiaolin Temple, but after several days of investigation, they had no clues.”

“It seems that the second scenic spot we are going to explore is the scripture cave.”

Jiang Hongguang was worthy of being an experienced tourist who knew the dao of being a salted fish best. He was able to sieve through various information, from the horrifying and mystical incident of the resurrection of the devil, to the suspenseful theft in the Buddhist scriptures cave, and find the crux of what they were supposed to do in this scenic spot.

It was an exploration type of tour after all. They definitely would explore the scripture cave to help recover the stolen scriptures. The task would be over then.

As for catching the thief in the scripture cave and solving the issue of the resurrection of the devil, wouldn’t that require the Travel Services to pay them more points?

“But they called your esteemed self the exorcist emissary, so I’m afraid…”

Jiang Hongguang looked at Wei Xun worriedly. Based on his experience, among the two tasks, catching the thief of the Tibetan scripture cave should be the branch scenic spot task, and they would only need to go through the motions for the devil resurrection incident. It was because the task of dealing with the resurrected devil should be at least dangerous-level or above, and there should be other tour groups who would pick the task up.

However, that lama had called Wei Xun the exorcist emissary, which made Jiang Hongguang and the others worry.

“Brother Wei, why did he call you such a long list of titles?”

Fei Lezhi didn’t figure out the key point, and in his eyes, Wei Xun was omnipotent, so the theft incident in the scripture cave and whatever devil was being resurrected would not be a problem for him. Therefore, he was even more curious about why the lamas had given Wei Xun such long titles.

“It should be due to some of the props I have, and some of the tasks I have completed previously.”

Wei Xun casually took out the statue of Tagla Membar Dharma Protector, which he had obtained in front of the stone gate. The other titles wouldn’t matter. But he had to clarify the title regarding the Dharma Protector, as he wouldn’t want the others to relate it to the swarm of Insects of Evil.

Fortunately, he hadn’t returned empty-handed from the ruins, and he could take out any prop corresponding to the titles given.

Most of the long list of names of gods and demons that the lama read out were related to his experiences during this tour. The Dragon God was self-explanatory, Tagla Membar Dharma Protector should refer to the Tagla Membar Dharma Protector statue he obtained, the Golden-winged Great Peng was related to the crown or coat of arms, and the Gusin priest should be the first gusin thangka Wei Xun had found. Finally, the snowfield’s sacred beast obviously referred to Xuefeng.

As for Buddha Tonpa Shenrab, Wei Xun felt that it may have something to do with him passing through the nine-story crystal tower and getting rid of the devil’s shadow.

Wei Xun didn’t believe that the lama of Xiaolin Temple could figure out what was on him. Looking at the respectful expressions of the two lamas, Wei Xun felt that he had completed too many extra tasks, and the Travel Services had given these props as rewards correspondingly.

If he only completed basic tasks like Jiang Hongguang and the others, he would naturally not have those titles, and the lamas from Xiaolin Temple would not take the initiative to pick them up.

And the more he accomplished, the more titles he would have, and the more respect the lamas from Xiaolin Temple would show him. Wei Xun felt that having these titles might also have something to do with the extent in which he could participate in the various tasks to come.

At the end of the long list of titles bestowed to him by these two lamas was the exorcist emissary. That was to say, he should be able to participate in exploring the scripture cave, finding the thief who stole the scriptures, and the events thereafter, when the devil was resurrected.

The second scenic spot would be more difficult than the first scenic spot.

Wei Xun had a premonition that the devil’s shadow didn’t cause Wei Xun to feel too much of a sense of crisis because it had thought that it had bewitched Wei Xun. Since it had bewitched many people to kill them in the past, it had relaxed its vigilance. Second, it was because it was merely the devil’s shadow, and it was no different from a regular shadow now. Furthermore, it had been suppressed in the nine-story crystal tower for thousands of years, and its own demonic power was also being continuously worn/stripped and consumed by the tower.

Thirdly, it hadn’t expected Wei Xun to eat it. After thousands of years of cultivation, the devil thangka could obviously resist various purification attacks, such as the attacks from the Nine-eyed Dzi Beads, gusin thangka, and so on, so these objects wouldn’t cause too much harm to it.

If Wei Xun had fought without deceiving it, he would have had to expend a lot of energy. However, this time he had only relied on eating it to defeat it. And it was also due to him eating it that the devil thangka couldn’t defend against Wei Xun.

However, the second scenic spot was different. There would be more challenges, and the bee chrysalises would hatch. The poisonous bee swarms could sneak attack his enemies. This was something that Wei Xun was really looking forward to.

The Bon religion lamas were highly respected in Wenbunan Village. They quickly prepared enough water and food for four days, and four off-road vehicles. On this trip, there were ten people, plus two lamas and the descendant of the eagle flutist. Jiang Hongguang, Yin Baitao, and Lin Qiming were assigned to one car, while the trio led by Qin Xinrong were assigned to another car. Two people, Wei Xun and Fang Yuhang, shared a car, while Ji Hongcai, Fei Lezhi, and Xu Yang shared another car.

The two lamas were in the cars of Jiang Hongguang and Ji Hongcai, and the descendant of the eagle flutist was in Qin Xinrong’s car.

In fact, no matter whether it was the two lamas or the descendant of the eagle flutist, they all actively expressed their desire to ride with Wei Xun, but Wei Xun politely refused.

Because his car would hold the snow mountain’s sacred beast.

For a distance of more than 600 kilometers, Wei Xun couldn’t bear to let the snow leopard run along as they traveled in the cars. He was also worried inwardly that the snow leopard might only have limited access to certain scenic spots. Therefore, he should keep it under his nose to be at ease.

At 8:30 in the morning, four off-road vehicles specially provided by the Travel Services drove out of Wenbunan Village and onto China National Highway 205.

Jiang Hongguang and his car led the way, Wei Xun and Ji Hongcai’s cars were in the middle, and Qin Xinrong’s car was behind all the other cars. This sequence of cars would change after a few hours.

“Ah, Baitao, do you know how to drive?”

There weren’t many people on the road, and the scenery outside the window seemed to be forcibly grabbed by someone and thrown backwards after the car started running. They had nearly a full day’s drive today, and they took turns driving without rest before arriving at Xiaolin Temple at night.

In Jiang Hongguang and the others’ car, Lin Qiming was chosen to be the first driver. Once his time was up, they would swap to another driver. Although Lin Qiming didn’t look strong, the driving duty that required heavy concentration didn’t cause him to change his expression. When the off-road vehicle got onto the road, Jiang Hongguang, who was sitting in the co-pilot, chatted with Yin Baitao.

Yin Baitao replied, embarrassed, “I took the driver’s license test, but I haven’t been on the road much.”

“But you have to learn how to drive. Many tours require you to do so,” Jiang Hongguang pointed out.

Especially in places like Tibet, Qinghai, and Xinjiang, where the regions were vast and each scenic spot was far apart from the next, it was common to drive for days to get to the next scenic spot, like their trip to northern Tibet. For their tour, the scenic spots could be considered near to each other. However, there were still long journeys for them to traverse, for instance, from the Ruins of Xiangxiong to Xiaolin Temple, and from Xiaolin Temple to Siling Lake.

“The off-road vehicles provided by the Travel Services will not consume fuel, and their wheels will hardly puncture, unless there is an accident.”

“What is considered an accident?” Yin Baitao asked curiously.

At the same time, she glanced at the lama in the passenger seat. He didn’t seem to have heard Jiang Hongguang’s “out of the ordinary” remark that the car would not consume fuel, and was still silently chanting scriptures and cultivating.

“For example, we may meet a pack of wolves at No Man’s Land,” Lin Qiming replied hoarsely.

T/N: Oops. posted the chapter 2hours+ early. Enjoy the early chapter post, everyone. :]