Chapter 65

Unable to find the beautiful maiden of the fox clan, and with his eyes hurting badly, Xiaoge's movements naturally slowed down a lot.

Master Milie wiped a sweat, feeling that he had already taken control of the situation, and reached out to recall the prayer beads, stringing them back around his neck. He stretched out his hand and chanted, "Great Vajra Heaven Dragon, World Honored Ksitigarbha, Vajra Buddhas, all divine protectors!"

In fact, he didn't know the true power of this mantra; he had just heard his master recite it often and memorized it carefully.

Now it was just the right time to put it to use!

As he chanted the spell, he secretly held a Daoist talisman in his hand. With a wave of his hand, there was a loud crack of thunder, and no one knew how many roof tiles were shattered by the shock. In the midst of the noise, Master Milie pulled his hand back and shot out a bolt of lightning several yards long.

While casting the thunder talisman, he calculated in his mind, "This talisman cost me five hundred taels of silver, bought from the foot of Laoshan Mountain. Using it here is really a loss!"

Wang Qi was greatly alarmed and said, "Brother, this thunder spell looks somewhat familiar..."

Xuan Kong snorted and slapped Wang Qi on the back of the head, saying, "This is our Laoshan Sect's Divine Thunder Talisman. Can't you recognize it?" After observing for a moment, he shook his head and said, "The talisman is drawn incorrectly, it's just a superficial imitation."

After all, the Divine Thunder Talisman was a secret technique of the Laoshan Sect, and only those with celestial immortal cultivation could create it.

In the entire Laoshan Sect, apart from Xuan Kong, there were no other immortals. Naturally, the junior disciples of the sect copied the talisman from the *Divine Thunder Technique* to make money. It looked like it was shooting lightning, but it couldn't actually kill anyone. Xiaoge, struck by the thunder spell on his chest, didn't even pause, and continued to swing his sword.

"Hey, don't forget our agreement. Your family of foxes was exposed in Taiyuan. Only by coming to Ninghai County and with my help can you live a peaceful life again!"

Master Milie controlled the lightning in the thunder talisman, making it circle around the Dharma staff in his hand.

Xiaoge smiled bitterly, his demonic face suddenly turning to panic and fear. He cried out, "This is... this is the Buddha's personal spell to subdue demons and control lightning from the Western Paradise..."

He let out a powerful scream and slapped himself on the chest, flying backward.

"Ah, I'm dead!"

"Such a wicked demon, at the brink of death, you still chatter on?"

Master Milie waved the Dharma staff to protect the people, making faces at them with his back turned. His handsome face was almost squished into a ball. How could a demon die so quickly, and yet his scream was even more sustained than his own?

He stood in front of Xiaoge, threw the Dharma staff into the sky, and quickly glanced back.

Fortunately, fortunately, the people of the county were ignorant and were still as terrified as he had planned. A flicker of his gaze passed over Xuan Kong and the others, and his heart suddenly tightened.

"Damn it, it's the seventh son of the Wang family, he's back too?"

Master Milie inwardly cursed, but was also relieved that he had acted first. He quickly recalled his bowl and covered Xiaoge's head, pretending to chant the mantra. The bowl in the sky, controlled by Master Milie, retracted its Buddha light and slowly floated toward Xiaoge.

Wang Qi hugged Xuan Kong's arm and whispered, "Master Brother, please help. Can you break that Zhang brother's spell?"

Xuan Kong had the ability, but didn't want to get involved in this farce, remaining silent.

Wang Qi thought that if the demon subduing act really succeeded, even if he had also learned the immortal arts, he wouldn't be able to outshine Master Milie. His unease grew stronger, and he gritted his teeth, whispering in Xuan Kong's ear:

"Good Master Brother, if you agree to my request, I will persuade my family to establish a Laoshan Sect branch in Ninghai County for you to teach disciples and preach!"

"Is that true?" Xuan Kong was greatly moved. Master Milie and Wang Qi were on the same level, not worth his attention.

Wang Qi, seeing a chance, nodded repeatedly, "Once said!"

Xuan Kong decided, "A promise is a promise!"

As long as he could ruin Master Milie's good deed, nothing could stop him! Xuan Kong estimated that setting up a branch would be expensive, and he decided that since Master Milie's goal was to gain benefits in Ninghai County, he wouldn't mind sharing a piece of the pie, right?

Anyway, he didn't care if Master Milie would protest. He secretly waved his hand, and the bowl in the air stopped moving.

Xiaoge, with his eyes closed, was waiting for Master Milie to subdue the demon. After a long wait, there was no movement.

He opened one eye curiously and saw Master Milie standing there, hands making seals. But the bowl was like a possessed object, floating up and down in the air, refusing to come down on his head.

"Master Brother, what great power!"

The people of Ninghai County watched dumbfounded as Master Milie jumped up and down, trying to reach the bowl in the air. Only Wang Qi knew that Xuan Kong was interfering with Master Milie's spell, and he quietly gave Xuan Kong a thumbs up.

"This is really a demon!"

Master Milie was scared stiff. This bowl was a treasure passed down by his master, and he couldn't afford to lose it. He couldn't finish the act with Xiaoge, and with his spell failing, he could only jump up and try to grab the bowl, but it was very agile.

It floated just three feet above Master Milie's head, always just out of reach.

Master Milie felt he hadn't done anything to offend heaven, and thought, "There are gods above, perhaps a high-level practitioner is interfering?" He felt a cold sweat run down his back, but at least he wasn't alone. There was a fox spirit with far greater power who could help.

He transmitted a message to Xiaoge, "Xiaoge, if you don't help, this act will be exposed. Then the Zhang family's reputation in Ninghai County will plummet, and we won't be able to protect your family of fox spirits!"

"What do you mean?"

Xiaoge's mouth dropped open as he watched Master Milie get hit on the head by the Dharma staff he had thrown. He felt as if he had eaten ten rotten fish. Wasn't he helping enough? Did he have to throw himself into that bowl to be considered helpful?

This was truly not fearing a god-like opponent, but fearing a pig-like teammate!

Xiaoge ground his teeth and cursed softly, "This is really a demon. They say foxes are cunning, but compared to this black-hearted baldy, humans are the most cunning! Damn it, if I had known, I would have stayed in Taiyuan. The neighbors there didn't mind us, but it's hateful to believe this baldy's lies and move the whole family to this Ninghai County..."