Chapter 981: Chapter 978: The Whereabouts of Mother
Pfft!
The Empty-Distance Monk spat out another mouthful of blood.
Although Xu Wendong was very handsome, he had no doubt that Xu Wendong really intended to kill him.
The killing intent emanating from him was truly intense.
He nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Benefactor Xu, this humble monk has not lied, your mother has indeed left the Western Paradise World."
"Since you won’t speak, then go to hell!" Xu Wendong angrily lifted his right foot, just as he was about to stomp down, a terrifying aura came from behind.
"Do you really think my Buddhist Sect has no one?"
Xu Wendong turned around.
He saw an old monk, full of wrinkles and hunchbacked, slowly approaching, giving off a feeling of being on the verge of burning out.
But those sharp eyes sent a shiver down Xu Wendong’s spine.
This person’s strength was formidable.
Definitely not someone he could contend with.
Despite this, Xu Wendong felt no fear, even if he was no match for this old monk, he could not be killed by him.
He exhaled a breath of stale air, trying hard to calm his emotions, "I just want an answer."
Old Monk: "Your mother has long left the Western Paradise World."
Xu Wendong knew that asking like this would not reveal his mother’s whereabouts. He looked at the Empty-Distance Monk beneath him, a glint in his eyes, and grabbed him with one hand, swiftly flying backward.
Ultimately, this was the Western Paradise World, not his main battlefield.
Here, he had no advantage.
On the other hand.
If he could retreat back to the Kunlun Mountains Minor World, he had many ways to find out his mother’s whereabouts.
Seeing Xu Wendong wanting to abduct Empty-Distance, the old monk became furious, "This is the Western Paradise World, how dare you act wildly!"
With that,
he thrust out a palm.
In an instant,
a massive golden Buddha’s palm appeared out of thin air in front of Xu Wendong, radiating sacred Buddha light and heading right toward him.
"Break!"
Xu Wendong decisively summoned the Lingxiao Sword, forcefully breaking open the Buddha’s palm in front of him.
But the old monk did not stop.
He chanted sutras, and in the next second, Xu Wendong felt a divine force envelop him.
He looked down to see a golden Buddhist lotus beneath him, with giant lotus petals appearing all around, slowly closing in, seemingly trying to trap him within.
"Gravity Technique!"
Xu Wendong instantly deployed the Gravity Technique, destroying the lotus platform beneath him.
After the lotus platform was destroyed, the petals became much more transparent and posed no threat to Xu Wendong.
"Goodbye to you!" Xu Wendong glanced back at the old monk and flew out of the Pure Land in one go, returning to the Kunlun Mountains Minor World.
Xu Fan and Si Youyou looked at Xu Wendong in shock, not expecting him to return so quickly, even more surprised that he managed to capture a member of the Buddhist Sect.
"Benefactor Xu, do what you wish, just grant this humble monk some dignity." Empty-Distance Monk’s expression was indifferent, as if he had long since become indifferent to life and death.
Xu Wendong shook his head, "I won’t kill you, I just want to know my mother’s whereabouts."
Empty-Distance Monk gave a bitter smile, "I have already told you before, your mother has long left the Pure Land."
"I don’t believe your answer." A glint of coldness flashed in Xu Wendong’s eyes, "However, your memory won’t deceive."
"What did you do to me?"
"Why is my head in such pain?" Empty-Distance Monk held his head with both hands, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.
He felt an invisible force trying to break open his skull.
He wanted to resist.
He didn’t want Xu Wendong to probe his memories.
But no matter how he tried, he couldn’t resist that force.
The next moment.
The intense pain vanished.
He was left in a numb state.
All his life’s memories played out like a film in Xu Wendong’s eyes.
Finally.
Xu Wendong found the information he wanted.
It was the first snowfall in the Western Paradise World.
A lean figure climbed to the foot of Mount Ling, enduring the extreme cold in distress.
This person was none other than Xu Wendong’s mother, Luo Qingchuan.
The Empty-Distance Monk received her and brought her to the foot of Mount Ling, giving her ginger tea to ward off the cold and warm her body.
Afterward,
Luo Qingchuan stayed at Mount Ling, eating vegetarian food and reciting sutras, praying for Xu Wendong’s blessings.
Three months later, Empty-Distance Monk found Luo Qingchuan and told her there was a way to protect Xu Wendong.
That was to let her become the lantern wick of a giant in the Upper Realm, in this way Xu Wendong was certain to receive the Buddha Ancestor’s protection, living a life of joy and without worries.
For her son to grow up healthy, full of joy and without worries, Luo Qingchuan did not hesitate.
She decisively agreed to the proposal, willingly becoming a lantern wick, and with the joint efforts of many high monks in the Pure Land, ascended into the Upper Realm.
Seeing this.
An overwhelming anger rose in Xu Wendong’s heart.
A strong killing intent erupted from within, causing the entire world to tremble violently, giving a sense of impending doom.
All beings felt an almost suffocating sense of oppression.
Even Xu Fan and Si Youyou felt their scalps tingle, not knowing what Xu Wendong saw.
But they could feel how terrifying the killing intent from Xu Wendong was.
"Mother, you were so foolish!"
"How could you believe the words of the people from the Buddhist Sect?"
"They are just a bunch of hypocritical pseudo-gentlemen!" Two lines of blood tears flowed down from Xu Wendong’s eyes, looking ferocious and terrifying.
Although the Buddhist Sect promised his mother that as long as she willingly became a lantern wick, he could grow up healthy, joyful, and without worries.
But is that really the truth?
Quite the opposite.
All his life, he had endured pains that many others had never experienced, mocked as a wild child, bullied through elementary, middle, and high school.
If this was called joy and without worries, then he really wanted the Buddhist Sect members to taste what joy and without worries felt like.
"How could you spy on my memories?" Empty-Distance Monk snapped back to his senses, filled with terror in his eyes.
Xu Wendong ignored his question, he punched out, instantly sending Empty-Distance Monk flying hundreds of meters away.
Empty-Distance Monk felt his scalp tingling, knowing Xu Wendong was very strong, but he hadn’t anticipated that under bare-handed conditions, he could be crushed by him.
"I won’t kill you today!"
"However, you must convey a message to the Buddhist Sect for me."
"Within a year, I, Xu Wendong, will raze the Western world to the ground, I will use the lives of all of you to commemorate my deceased mother," Xu Wendong said in a cold voice.
Although he wanted to raze the Western world to the ground right then and there, he wanted to avenge his mother.
But he was not blinded by hatred, since it was an independent minor world and there were several powerful figures from the Buddhist Sect there.
Even though he reigned over the Kunlun Mountains Minor World, with his current strength, he was not yet their match.
However.
If he could succeed in stepping into the Nascent Soul Stage, he would then have the means to confront the Western Buddhist Sect.
And now, all he could do was focus on cultivation, elevate his cultivation level.
By then, he was determined to dye Mount Ling in blood, to seek revenge for his mother and avenge the past wrongs!