Mo Qianjun agreed. "Yes, he's one level above me."

Bai Feng furrowed her brows and sighed. "But his heart technique is really frightening. He can fight ten people with his Earth Matrix and Reincarnation Scripture."

She knew the best about how chilling the lunar chakram was as her junior sister was once killed by it. This time, if it was not for Zaho Daohe, she would not have survived by sheer luck. Monk Zhi Shan seemed to always target females.

Besides, his Earth Matrix and Reincarnation Scripture could restrain her martial arts, seeing that her weapons were unable to withstand even a single blow by his lunar chakram. In addition, her martial arts had caused no harm to him which made her truly frustrated.

Although Tian Luo Sect had not been the strongest these years, she was always powerful due to her profound cultivation level. Despite that, she appeared to be as weak as a child when she was up against Zhi Shan.

Chu Li mentioned, "They key is to find a way to restrain the Earth Matric and Reincarnation Scription. No martial arts in the world is invincible, the Reincarnation Temple is not ever-victorious!"

"Young Master Zhao, do you have any idea?" Bai Feng asked.

Chu Li shook his head. "No."

Disappointed, everyone else sighed.

Earlier, his performance had won their respect as he was able to exert such an enormous force even with his mild cultivation level which was quite fearsome. If he had recovered all of his martial arts, he could actually fight Monk Zhi Shan.

He need not have anything else. The Light Blade was all he needed to suppress Monk Zhi Shan, so much so that Zhi Shan would return in failure.

"What happened?" When Zhou Jinchun and Ji Xin entered the courtyard and saw the horrible scene, they were stunned. Yet, they knew that a fight had just happened.

"Junior Sister Lu!" Zhou Jinchun shouted.

When Ji Xin saw Li Ruolan, he went over to her. "Junior Sister Li, is your injury serious?"

Li Ruolan shook her head lightly and smiled. "I'm only slightly injured. Monk Zhi Shan was here just now and everyone tried to fight him."

Ji Xin asked, "Did you defeat him?"

"Somewhat." Li Ruolan nodded.

Relieved, Ji Xin smiled. "That's good."

Seeing that Lu Zhen's face looked awful and that her breathing was rapid yet weak, Zhou Jinchun was extremely anxious. He asked, "Junior Sister Li, Junior Sister Lu is…?"

"She has already consumed spirit pills." Li Ruolan's face darkened.

'Even if Senior Sister Lu survives the serious injury, she'll only regain her vitality after a very long time. Fate is truly merciless, Senior Sister Lu not only lost her arm at such a young age, but she's now heavily injured too,' Li Ruolan thought to herself.

Zhou Jinchun gritted his teeth. "Monk Zhi Shan, I swear I'll kill you!"

Then, Zhun Wenhan sneered and cast a sidelong glance at him.

Zhou Jinchun turned to stare at him.

Zhu Wenhan scoffed, "You say you're going to kill Monk Zhi Shan yourself? What a joke!"

Zhou Jinchun replied coldly, "Who the h*ll are you?"

Mo Qianjun stepped in to ease the situation. "Alright, Brother Zhu, don't vent your anger on someone else. Being in the martial art world, life or death happens in a flash. One can easily lose their life if they encounter a fella like Zhi Shan and who knows, that could be ourselves!"

"Zhao Daohe won't die!" Zhu Wenhan smirked smugly.

Chu Li frowned at him and looked at him with piercing eyes.

At the sight of that, Zhu Wenhan could not help but shudder. Thus, he turned around to avoid looking at him in the eye.

After witnessing Chu Li's Light Blade, he knew very well that he would not be able to dodge any of his attacks. Should he provoke him and attacked him secretly, he would really lose his life.

"Alright, we should disperse and heal ourselves. Zhao Dahe and I have suffered quite a serious injury." Mo Qianjun made a fist salute before he continued, "Monk Zhi Shan was. .h.i.t twice, so he won't be back for the time being. All of you can sleep without worries."

"Alright." The others returned their fist salutes and left the Town Defense Prefecture.

Bai Feng uttered, "Young Master Zhao, farewell."

"Yes." Chu Li bode her farewell.

When the crowd left, Mo Qianjun said, "Look for a building at the backyard to settle down, someone will be there to clean it."

He looked at Chu Li as he nodded with a smile before he, too, left the courtyard.

Chu Li kept on a straight face.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Jinchun and Ji Xin sighed to themselves. They felt that Junior Brother Zhao was being too close-minded for acting that way when Altar Leader Mo was so generous.

Chu Li glanced at them. Then, he scorned, "A smiling tiger!"

"No way?" Zhou Jinchun explained, "Altar Leader Mo is giving and open-minded, you probably misunderstood him, Junior Brother Zhao."

Chu Li only sn.i.g.g.e.red before he shook his head.

Li Ruolan frowned. "Junior Brother Zhao, did you guys secretly fight just now?"

"Forget it, I'll go heal myself." Chu Li waved his hand and strode away.

… 

"Junior Brother Zhao is really…" Ji Xin sighed as he shook his head. "He must change his temper, or he'll get the worst of it in the future!"

He turned around. "Junior Sister Li, all of you didn't manage to kill Monk Zhi Shan?"

Li Ruolan shook her head. She expressed, "It's quite rare that we were able to make him back off!"

"Is he really that powerful?" Ji Xin was shocked.

Li Ruolan whispered, "Senior Brother Ji, I think you should return with Senior Brother Zhou."

"Junior Sister Li, what about you?" Ji Xin asked.

Li Ruolan answered, "I need to take care of Senior Sister Lu."

"I'll stay too," Ji Xin quickly said.

Li Ruolan frowned. "Monk Zhi Shan could be here anytime. It's too dangerous."

"It's even more so if you stay!" Ji Xin disagreed. "How can I escape by myself? Besides, an extra person means extra energy, we're not burdens, are we?"

Li Ruolan sighed. "Even if you stay, you won't be of much help. Monk Zhi Shan can leverage power by using his Earth Matrix and Reincarnation Scripture. Whether there are two, three, or four of us, it won't make any difference. It's best that you leave first, lest we suffer greater losses. White Tiger Sect just lost a master just now!"

"Is he that powerful? Will the Priest be needed?" Zhou Jinchun peeled his eyes away from Lu Zhen before he turned to ask, "Are we just going to let him be?"

"Luckily, Junior Brother Zhao was here to hold him back," Li Ruolan added.

"Junior Brother Zhao is staying too?" Ji Xin asked.

Li Ruolan nodded softly. "Alter Leader Mo won't let him go."

"...Then I must stay here! Senior Brother Zhou, you can make a move first. Report to the Saint so that the Priest can come to settle Monk Zhi Shan!" Ji Xin instructed.

He started to feel a hint of threat from Chu Li in which he had to take precautions.

"That sounds good." Li Ruolan finally agreed.

Theoretically, a dangerous situation as such would have been pa.s.sed on to the Saint so that she could send the Priest over, yet only the three of them were sent over. Evidently, she did not get the news from Altar Leader Mo.

It was impossible that the information got lost halfway through since all information in and out of the Holy Church was delivered by the unattainable Golden Eagle. The only possibility was that Altar Leader Mo did not seek help at all.

She had guessed that Altar Leader Mo probably wanted to claim credits by eliminating Zhi Shan on his own so that he could become a priest as soon as possible.

Once he asked for help, his previous meritorious services would be canceled off, which would make it hard for him to become a priest.

She understood why he did it because she did that most of the time too. However, now that it had involved her good friend, Lu Zhen's life, she was rather dissatisfied.

Since Altar Leader Mo was not planning to seek help, she would do it. She could not let him be as it would only harm more lives.

Nevertheless, Altar Leader Mo probably wanted more than just claiming credits by not asking for help. Now that Lu Zhen was heavily injured and disabled, and that the other three sects were in unfavorable situations, it was clear that he had intended to weaken the three sects through Monk Zhi Shan — that was quite a smart move.

While the three sects seemed lacking in power, they were unwilling to give up. So, they secretly planned to rebuild the Holy Church of Light to prevent the existing one to dominate. Back then, the familicide of Radiance Clan was a scheme of those three sects, whereby everyone in the Holy Church of Light still remembered!

After Li Ruolan thought about all that, she let out a sigh. "Just report the situation as what it is, don't have to ask for help. Whether or not the Priest will be sent over, it's up to the Saint."

"Alright." Zhou Jinchun responded, "I'll bring Junior Sister Lu away."

"Senior Sister Lu can't leave." Li Ruolan stopped him.

Zhou Jinchun looked at her with a frown.

Li Ruolan explained, "Firstly, Senior Sister Lu is seriously injured so she can't move around too much. Secondly, I'm afraid Monk Zhi Shan won't just let this be!"

"Hmm?" Zhou Jinchun was puzzled.