Chapter 1793: Chapter 1820: Advanced Maneuvers
Inside the room, four people sat around a table, eating and drinking.
A nun nearby, and a monk outside the room, were fully attentive, listening intently to the conversation among the several people.
Ma Niubi and Monk Liaowang suddenly barged in and sat down naturally, likely acquainted with the two inside the room. Everyone now knew that one of the young monks inside was Wuhu, who had caused a commotion in the Pure Land.
It was said that Ma Niubi had been friendly with Wuhu and had gone together to the Debating Buddha Platform. This meeting was an opportunity to judge whether Wuhu’s body had truly been possessed by a strange spirit through their conversation.
However, after waiting for a while, the four remained silent, just continuing to eat.
The nuns stared at the table, observing as the dishes were gradually consumed, secretly noting what each person ate.
Ma Niubi picked up an onion…
Li Xiaobai picked up a piece of winter melon…
Monk Liaowang stabbed a knife into a plate…
…
After a cup of tea time.
Monk Liaowang opened the shell of a crab, and Li Xiaobai suddenly flipped the table, sending pots and bowls clattering to the floor.
Monk Liaowang and Ma Niubi stood up, cupped their fists towards Li Xiaobai, and left through the door.
The monk outside wore a confused expression, and the nuns inside were equally baffled. What did this mean? Eating a silent meal and flipping the table at the end?
“Why are you standing there dumbfounded? Clean up the tableware, you can go.”
Li Xiaobai said coldly.
“Yes!”
The nuns responded, cleared the table, and left the room, whispering with the old monks waiting outside.
“Did you see anything? Why did this old monk hear nothing from outside?”
“They never talked, nor showed any signs of transmitting messages via divine sense, merely eating in silence. But in the end, they flipped the table. Could it be that the two seniors couldn’t hold back and erupted?”
“No, I don’t think it’s that simple. This meal must have some secret. They picked dishes in a regular pattern, one person picking then the next, but I can’t figure out the mystery. Moreover, this meal was made on short notice, leaving no opportunity to prepare traps in advance.”
“It’s too profound and unfathomable; let’s report to Master Lingtai when he returns and continue observing!”
…
Inside the room.
Yu Huan Shui scratched his head, “Young brother, what were you saying earlier? I couldn’t see a thing in it.”
Li Xiaobai said: “Just now, we were eating, you were eating too, weren’t you?”
“Don’t fool me, I can see you were using the dishes to transmit information. Those two are acquainted with you; one is your friend from the Immortal Spirit Continent, and the other is your disciple, appearing in your memory.”
“How did you communicate?”
Yu Huan Shui took out paper and pen, eager for knowledge like a student; ever since following Li Xiaobai, his life seemed more exciting, with increased experience, and learning many novel things from this young man’s words.
“It was simple, Ma Niubi picked up an onion, asking where we came from.”
“I responded with winter melon, meaning we came from the east.”
“Monk Liaowang stabbed a knife, asking where we were headed, I slurped a scallop indicating we were heading west.”
“Then I used lion’s head and untied the crab’s strings to indicate my senior sister was also present. They placed tea bowls on the table, asking which senior sister. I tasted the ‘Two Dragons Play with Pearl’ and ‘Four Happiness Meatballs’, telling them Second Senior Sister and Fourth Senior Brother were both here.”
“That’s how each dish selection responded to their questions.”
Li Xiaobai spoke plainly; to the cultivators of the Divine Realm, it might seem incredible, but for those ascending from the Lower Realm, such communication was routine after being tricked along the way, understanding a simple move reflected their thoughts.
“Gasp!”
“Astonishingly genius, but why did you flip the table at the end? Was it to destroy evidence, preventing the surveillance nuns from reviewing what happened?”
Yu Huan Shui seemed to catch on, continuing to ask.
“Before I flipped the table, Monk Liaowang opened the crab shell, asking what to do next. I flipped the table, the message clear, it was time for battle. They got the information they wanted, now returned to prepare early, we gained two allies in the western battlefield.”
Li Xiaobai spoke slowly.
“Impressive, indeed! People shouldn’t be naive. Everyone says the Boundary Sea is where the strong gather, but who would’ve thought such maneuvers existed even within this small Divine Realm. Yu Huan Shui dares to say, this is a skill the top forces of the starry sky could never learn in a lifetime.”
Yu Huan Shui praised, recording Li Xiaobai’s words word for word, shocked at how a meal could hold so many secrets, the information immense.
“You’re too kind. It’s just trivial tricks, nothing significant. When Second Senior Sister acts, Master Lingtai will know I’m truthful, affirming the strange spirit’s identity.”
The sky gradually darkened, and Lingtai returned, his face gloomy, followed by Jianglong and others, head down and silent.
They checked around, finding not one spirit anywhere, all arrays broken, and materials plundered completely clean, leaving not a trace, a robber act by Hongguoguo.
Instinct told him this matter couldn’t be separated from the two reckless individuals.
“How long will you continue playing dumb, pretending to be a spirit, deceiving this old monk, gutsy!”
Lingtai’s expression was stern with a cold snort, oppressive instantly.
On the bed, Li Xiaobai turned over, appearing indifferent but frantically worried inside, quickly thinking where the error occurred, how it was discovered.
“I asked the disciples at the mountain gate, you two entered my Lingyin Temple today, holding Jing Ci from Cihang Nunnery as leverage. Master Xuan Tian learned of this and led disciples to suppress, but there’s been no news since. Am I right?”
“In such a short time, how could you be possessed by a spirit? How were the arrays broken? How did the spirit escape? Explain everything to live.”
Lingtai squinted, eyeing Li Xiaobai’s reaction.
“Nonsense, I could possess someone in an instant.”
“Do you want to claim a junior disciple alone could capture tens of thousands of spirits?”
Li Xiaobai said indifferently.
“Haha, this old monk knows Wuhu had captured tens of thousands of spirits at Task Hall previously, seen as a miracle, though unaware how it was done, you indeed have that ability.”
“Next, I will act on you, proving whether you were possessed.”
Lingtai’s eyes transformed into golden light, shooting scorching lines towards Li Xiaobai.
But at that moment, a thunderous sound suddenly echoed, shaking heaven and earth, forcing Elder Monk Lingtai a step back, collapsing the ground by a few feet, dispersing the fiery lines.
A high-pitched female voice, full of overwhelming power, reverberated in the Pure Land sky.
“Liu Jinshui, bring your life!”