“The match is decided. Congratulations to the winner for obtaining Prince Ma’s Whip!”

I cast them a glance and carried Chuyi towards the inn. 

“Merciful Buddha

,

” cha

nted 

Zen Master 

Baimei. He brought his palms together in front of his chest 

then followed me. “Young 

Benefactor

, don’t worry. Chuyi will be fine.” 

I didn’t bat an eye 

at

 him. When we arrived at the inn, I carefully 

placed

 Chuyi on the bed and treated his wounds. 

There 

was not a single

 square inch of intact skin on his body. Dark blood was oozing from the wounds created by the Ghost Cutter. Zen Master 

Baimei

 used the same method to treat the cuts. Strangely enough, Chuyi didn’t scream when the knife cut into his flesh

, nor did h

e react when the old monk put ointment on him. 

My eyes turned watery again as I was 

too

 worried. I 

said, 

“Why is that?” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 shook his head and said, “Chuyi’s soul is inside Prince Ma’s Whip. We

’

ll need to take him out.” 

I shot Zen Master 

Baimei

 a fierce glance. However, he 

remained

 indifferent. I 

wasn’t in 

the mood to talk to him, so I

 took 

out my tools to prepare to beckon Chuyi’s soul. 

Prince Ma’s Whip now belonged to Chuyi. That

 wa

s why it

 wasn’t

 hard to beckon his soul. I used a few drops of Chuyi’s blood to invite his soul. Slowly, his soul flew out of

 the w

hip. 

Chuyi’s soul looked extremely fragile 

as though 

he could vanish in the next moment. I hurriedly made him enter the body. 

Even though Chuyi was bold, he was still a human. If his soul 

was 

away from his body for a long time, it would be hard to recover. His soul nodded at me 

then

 swayed his way into 

his

 body. 

After hearing Chuyi groan, I exhaled in relief. 

At this

 moment, we heard people clamoring downstairs. Zen Master 

Baimei

 changed his countenance. He stood by the window

 and watched 

outside. 

“Merciful Buddha!” He chanted, then said indifferently, “It’s time for me to 

go

 on the stage.” 

I looked through the window and saw that the screen above the market had changed 

to

 “Zen Buddha Beads 

vs

 Taiyi Traceless Sword.”

“It

’s

starting...

”

Zen Master 

Baimei

 said deeply. He turned

 and left the room as 

his ka

saya

billowed. 

I grabbed my weapon

 and followed 

him. Although I wasn’t pleased 

that he had

prevented

 me from 

stopping

 Chuyi earlier, I knew it wasn’t his fault. It was part of Chuyi’s plan

, and 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 had 

simply

 cooperated with him. 

The oppo

sing

 party had two hotshots. I wouldn’t let 

something

unexpected happen

 to Zen Master 

Baimei

. 

“What’s wrong?” 

When I got out of the door, I saw Zen Master 

Baimei

 standing still

. He 

grimaced. 

He

 extended a finger

 and pointed 

forward. 

I followed

 his finger

 and

 saw One-

A

rmed Dragon and 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger glaring at us maliciously. I felt delighted. It seemed Yi Zhangqing’s death was a big 

blow

 to them! 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 frowned and said, “I can’t believe One-

A

rmed Dragon has recovered that 

quickly...

”

My countenance froze after I heard him. The punishment from the Demon King wasn’t 

that heavy

, but Zen Master 

Baimei

 had coughed blood twice at that time

, and he 

hadn’t recovered yet.

Meanwhile, One-

A

rmed Dragon looked fine. 

How strong 

was 

One-

A

rmed Dragon?!

One-

A

rmed Dragon sneered. He 

brought

 his hand to his neck and made a cutting gesture. 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger’s eyes were full of murderous intent

 as he gazed at 

us

. It was as if

 he was looking at two corpses. The two of them stared at us for a while before leaving the inn. 

I 

made

 a sullen face. “Zen Master 

Baimei

, what should we do now? 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger looks tough. And, we’re not One-

A

rmed Dragon’s equal opponent.” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 didn’t 

look 

pleased. He kept silent for a while, then sighed

. 

“Merciful Buddha, I will try to improvise

 and stop 

any strike 

that comes at

 me.” 

Then, he 

went

 downstairs. I followed closely behind him. The street was even more bustling and hustling than 

the day before

. Ghosts gathered on both sides of the stree

t and looked 

at the screen above the market. However, they acted as though they didn’t see us. 

“It

’s

 start

ing,

”

I mumbled. Zen Master 

Baimei

 grabbed the mala beads

 and headed 

out of the village. 

After w

alking for a while, he looked up at the sky

 and turned 

to talk to me. “We have to finish this match before nightfall.” 

I understood his 

meaning

. Fengdu 

had a moonless

 night. However, with his pair of 

Yin-Yang

 eyes, 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger could see through darkness naturally. Zen Master 

Baimei

 and I 

wouldn’t be able to

 deal with him at night as our move

ments

 would be limited. 

After 

we left

 the village, we saw 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger’s figure in 

the 

far distance. However, after he made a step forward, he disappeared. I held the Holy Mother Scepter

 and was 

about to run after him. However, Zen Master 

Baimei

 pulled me back

 and pointed 

at the void in front of us. “Look over there.” 

I followed his line of sight and saw towers 

that extended

 from the ground like bamboo shoots. There were seven of them. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 muttered, “It is so.” 

I was puzzled. “Zen Master, what are 

those

?” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 bowed to the seven towers

 and mumbled an

 apology. Then, he started to chant something. The chain of mala beads 

i

n his hand started to glow. 

The white light from the beads became dazzling. I used my palm to cover my eyes. Then, I heard Zen Master 

Baimei

scream

, “Go!” 

The mala beads flew toward the seven towers. I then followed Zen Master 

Baimei

 to the yard between the towers. There was an Eight Diagram carved 

on

 the door. 

After t

hinking about the opponent’s weapon, which was the Taiyi Traceless Sword, I had a 

bad feeling.

“

The souls dwelling 

in

 that otherworldly item were the seven disciples of the Quanzhen School

, right

?

”

Zen Master 

Baimei

 nodded with a stern face. 

“Damn!” I cursed under my breath. In history, the Quanzhen Seven Sons were the seven disciples of Wang Chongyang

,

 the founder of the Quanzhen School. Although their martial arts were exaggerated in novels like the Legend of the Condor Heroes, the Quanzhen Seven Sons had indeed reached the peak in Daoist cultivation. 

For example, the Master of Changchun

,

 Qiu Chuji

, 

had once prayed for the rain to help people. Later on, people started 

calling

 him 

“

Living Immortal.

”

 He

’

d even traveled ten thousand miles to the west to persuade Genghis Khan 

to stop raising 

his butcher knife over the innocent people. 

L

egends 

about him had

 spread all over China. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 observed for a while, then heaved a sigh of relief. “Fortunately, only Qiu Chuji

’s spirit

is staying

 inside that sword.” 

“Watch out!” I screamed and pulled Zen Master 

Baimei. We rolled 

on the ground

 as a

 jet of sword energy 

brushed past

 our heads. I felt my scalp burning. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 rolled and jumped up. The chain of mala beads in his hand caught the sword handle

 and pulled 

it down. The sword landed with a clanging noise. The seven towers slowly disappeared. 

I frowned. 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger had lured us here

, but it wasn’t

 just to 

launch

 one attack. Before I could remind Zen Master 

Baimei

, the situation changed again. The Traceless Sword that had fallen suddenly floated up

 and aimed at

 Zen Master 

Baimei

. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 couldn’t avoid it. The sword left a cut on his arm. I knew it wasn’t good 

that

 the sword had tasted his blood. I immediately pulled Zen Master 

Baimei

 aside. 

Indeed, as soon as Zen Master 

Baimei

 and I moved 

away

, a few shining blades appeared on the ground. If we weren’t fast enough, Zen Master 

Baimei

 would have been a sieve right now. 

He wiped the sweat o

ff

 his forehead. “Thank you.” 

I shook my head. “The situation’s not favorable at all. What should we do now?” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

said

, “Young 

Benefactor

, in the next moment, please try your best.” 

I nodded. “Sure, I

 will

!”