I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

on the grass.

Qin Yao suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the smiling old monk under the blue sky and white clouds, and asked gently, "Did you need something from me?"

Yuan Kong nodded: "There's something I'd like to ask for your help with."

Qin Yao slowly stood up, looked into the old monk's eyes and said, "Please give your instructions, Abbot."

Yuan Kong waved his hand and said, "I dare not give orders... It's like this, the grandson of an old friend of mine was forcibly kidnapped in broad daylight. The government has been searching for two days, but has found nothing."

My old friend was worried about his grandson and, having heard of your reputation as a holy monk, sent someone to me hoping to get your help.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yao, who possessed the ability of "foresight," immediately thought of the cause and effect.

The one who forcibly took the children was a demon mother. Her purpose was to help her children remove the birthmarks on their faces by practicing the Infant Spirit Technique. For this, she was willing to sacrifice forty-nine children.

Fortunately, she needed to gather forty-nine children before she could begin her cultivation; otherwise, none of the children who were captured would have survived.

"Please lead the way, Abbot, I want to visit the victim's home."

Yuan Kong was overjoyed and said from the bottom of his heart, "Daoji, thank you."

Qin Yao waved his hand and said, "You're too kind. Ever since I became a monk at Lingyin Temple, this has been my home in this world. All the monks here are my family."

That's why, even though Guangliang would occasionally try to take advantage of me, I didn't argue with him.

Yuan Kong laughed and said, "With his level of cultivation, any attempt to manipulate you is nothing more than inviting humiliation upon himself."

In fact, I've discussed this issue with him, and I hope he truly takes my words to heart.

As they talked, the two walked down the back mountain together and gradually disappeared into the distance.

Shortly after they left, a group of disaster victims, seemingly guided by some unseen force, arrived at Lingyin Temple. The commotion immediately startled Master Guangliang, who was counting money in his meditation room…

Without Qin Yao's forceful intervention, a natural disaster still arrived as scheduled.

However, he was now invited away by Yuan Kong, and just happened to pass by these disaster victims...

The next day.

Qingping County, within the Han residence.

An elderly man in brocade robes, accompanied by his son and daughter-in-law, hurriedly greeted the old monk standing outside the gate, bowing and saying, "Master Yuankong."

"Mr. Han." Yuan Kong clasped his hands together in return.

Mr. Han nodded slightly, lowered his arm, and immediately looked at the young monk standing behind Yuan Kong: "This must be the Holy Monk Daoji?"

"Amitabha, this humble monk is Daoji," Qin Yao said gently.

From beginning to end, neither he nor Yuan Kong showed the slightest smile. After all, the other party had just lost their child and must be in a state of grief...

"Please come in, please come in," Mr. Han said hurriedly.

In the blink of an eye, the group arrived in the living room. As soon as they sat down, servants brought out cups of tea and placed them on the tables next to each person.

"Master Yuankong and Holy Monk Daoji, you have come from afar. Please have some tea."

Despite his great anxiety, Mr. Han, seated at the head of the table, never failed to observe proper etiquette for his guests.

Qin Yao picked up his teacup and took a sip. Knowing their urgency, he said loudly, "Saving lives is urgent, let's get straight to the point. May I ask, what kind of person abducted the child?"

Mr. Han immediately looked at his son and daughter-in-law: "You two, tell me."

With a disheveled beard and a haggard face, Han Zi said, "The other party has long, unkempt hair, wears black clothes, and has a cold and sinister aura. The most striking feature is a terrible dark red birthmark on her face, which is shocking to look at."

Qin Yao pretended to be thoughtful and murmured, "So it was her."

Mr. Han was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Does the Holy Monk know this person?"

Qin Yao said, "Judging from your son's description of its appearance, this fiend should undoubtedly be the Ghost Mother."

"The Ghost Mother?" Everyone looked puzzled.

Qin Yao nodded slightly and explained, "According to legend, after giving birth to a ghost child, the ghost mother was abandoned by her husband, and from then on, her personality became very withdrawn and extreme."

Now that she has suddenly appeared and abducted children, it's highly likely that someone is using her children to their advantage, hoping to achieve some goal from them.

Mr. Han took a deep breath, suddenly stood up, and knelt down on the ground: "I beg the holy monk to take my poor grandson back from that demon mother."

"We humbly request the holy monk to intervene." Immediately afterward, Han Zi and Han Fu knelt down at the same time and kowtowed in supplication.

Qin Yao slowly stood up, waved his palm-leaf fan, and lifted all three of them up: "Now that I'm here, I will do my best to save that child. You don't need to do this."

"Thank you, Holy Monk," the three said in unison.

"Abbot, you should stay at the Han family's residence and rest for now. I'll go look for traces of the Ghost Mother," Qin Yao said.

"Go ahead, but be very careful," Yuan Kong instructed.

Qin Yao waved his hand, and his body instantly transformed into countless golden rays, flying out of the Han family's living room.

"Truly a holy monk!" Upon seeing this, Mr. Han said sincerely.

At the same time, Han Zi and Han Fu were more confident that Dao Ji would be able to take their son back...

Outside Qingping County.

Above the mountains.

Qin Yao's eyes flashed with golden light as he scanned the peaks. In a short while, he discovered a cave filled with deep yin energy. His body suddenly transformed into light and disappeared, reappearing in front of the cave.

Looking around, their vision was obscured by layers of ghostly mist, which proved one thing—just like in the original story, this place was a trap set by the Ghost Mother for her opponent.

In the original play, Daoji was trapped in a trap and could not escape, so he had to entrust many things to his disciples. As a result, the main plot fell on his disciples and Guangliang Biqing.

As for Qin Yao, he was never afraid of others stealing his thunder, but he also had no interest in following the established path to fulfill his destiny.

After all, if everything is as destined, then what is the point of his existence?

Or what else does it mean?

Therefore, he immediately and silently activated the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones Dharma Gate, using immortal energy to create the Dharma Image of the Dragon Subduer Venerable, urging the Dharma Image to step into the cave, while he himself rushed to the western suburbs outside the city.

He clearly remembered that the Ghost Mother's tomb was located below the mass grave in the western suburbs outside the city.

Now that his physical body is trapped, it will eventually attract the Demon Mother. When the Demon Mother speaks with his physical body, he can safely enter the Demon Tomb and bring all the children out of the Demon Tomb.

This is his optimal solution based on his prophetic abilities, and under normal circumstances, it will be foolproof.

But perhaps his actions altered his destiny, creating a butterfly effect. Just as he arrived in the western suburbs of the city, he suddenly heard Chen Liang's cry for help, delivered through a divine invocation...

He stopped in front of the mass grave, closed his eyes and looked into the distance. He saw the two adventurers trapped in a magic array, but Bai Ling, who had always been by their side, was nowhere to be seen.

Good things come to those who wait.

With a soft sigh, Qin Yao took one last look at the eerie locust tree before his body suddenly soared into the sky.

He could create another incarnation, but he couldn't explain the origin of that incarnation.

The reason is that the seventeen Arhats are still watching him closely. If he shows any signs of amiss and then reports it to the Buddha, who knows what unforeseen consequences might ensue. Therefore, he has to make a choice: save the people first, then subdue the demon!

on the mountain.

In the formation.

Watching Chen Liang chant the incantation to summon the gods over and over again in a daze, Zhao Bin sighed helplessly and advised him:

"Take a break, Master... The Holy Monk is probably busy. If he wasn't busy, you should have received a response after the first recitation."

Chen Liang paused in his chanting, then slapped himself hard across the face: "I'm a good-for-nothing, I can't even protect my own woman."

Zhao Bin said, "That's not quite right. If you cultivate for several years and can catch up with that monster's thousand-year cultivation, that would be abnormal."

“That’s right. One should not be arrogant, but one should not underestimate oneself either. Any outcome must be considered in the context of reality.” Suddenly, a familiar voice rang in their ears.

"Master!" Chen Liang exclaimed with delight.

Immediately under their watchful eyes, a golden beam of light descended from the sky, landing in front of the formation in an instant and revealing the image of Master Daoji.

"Greetings, Holy Monk," Zhao Bin said, bowing.

"Don't mention it." Qin Yao waved his hand and asked, "What's going on here?"

Chen Liang hurriedly said, "A monster impersonated Bai Xue and lured us into this formation. If nothing unexpected happens, it may have also tricked Bai Ling away."

Qin Yao didn't even need to guess to know that the monster was undoubtedly a black wolf spirit, so he said, "I see, I'll rescue you first..."

As he spoke, he waved the palm-leaf fan in his hand, and rays of golden light rapidly merged into the formation from the outside in, extinguishing the formation's light as if putting out a fire.

"Master, please take us to rescue Bai Ling!" Chen Liang pleaded eagerly the moment he stepped out of the array.

"Save her? Have you forgotten that she and that black wolf demon are on the same side?" Qin Yao said with amusement.

Chen Liang: "..."

He had completely overlooked this matter; after spending a long time together, he naturally came to regard Bai Ling as one of his own.

"Wake up, you are Bai Ling's weakness. As long as you don't fall into Hei Feng's hands, Hei Feng won't be able to control Bai Ling." Qin Yao added silently during the silence.

Chen Liang let out a long breath: "I understand, Master."

"Let's go, I'll take you to subdue the demons."

Qin Yao smiled slightly, and with a wave of his sleeve, a golden cloud materialized.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Above the mountains and rivers, amidst the billowing demonic winds, Bai Ling suddenly summoned a double-headed demonic blade, holding one end to Bai Xue's neck beside her, and whispered, "You are not Bai Xue, who are you?"

"Senior sister, I'm Bai Xue." Bai Xue said innocently, "What's wrong with you?"

Bai Ling sneered, "If you were Bai Xue, you wouldn't have kept quiet about Zhao Bin all this way, and you certainly wouldn't have remained so taciturn. Tell the truth, or don't blame me for being ruthless."

Bai Xue paused slightly, then bursts of black light flashed from her body, quickly transforming into the form of a black wind: "Junior sister is truly meticulous. But, Bai Xue, have you really fallen for that guy Zhao Bin?"

"Senior brother?" Bai Ling looked surprised, then asked instead of answering, "Why did you disguise yourself as Bai Xue to lure me away?"

At this point, she suddenly realized: "Could it be that you intend to harm Chen Liang?"

Black Wind nodded and said, "That's right, I'm going to take action against Chen Liang! Master has calculated that Chen Liang is your tribulation of love. Only by killing Chen Liang can you avoid being harmed by this tribulation."

"Then now..." Bai Ling asked, a look of panic flashing across her face.

Hei Feng said indifferently, "I lured him and Zhao Bin into the Black Wind Formation. In at most another hour, they will both turn to ashes."

Bai Ling suddenly grabbed the other person's wrist and said urgently, "Senior brother, please let them go."

“Impossible.” Black Wind said with a determined look on his face, “I will not be at ease if Chen Liang does not die.”

Bai Ling was extremely anxious, staring into his eyes and asking, "How can I get you to let them go?"

Black Wind paused, his emotions swirling inexplicably: "Junior Sister, you've truly fallen for him!"

Bai Ling said, "Don't worry about whether I've fallen in love or not. I'm just asking you, what do you want in return for letting them go?"

A surge of anger suddenly welled up in Black Wind's heart. Suppressing his rage, he said, "What if the condition is that you marry me?"

“I agree,” Bai Ling said. “I will marry you as long as you release them both.”

Black Wind: "..."

Half an hour later.

A raging, demonic wind swept across the sky and suddenly descended upon the Black Wind Formation. However, upon seeing the empty formation, a look of astonishment flashed across the Black Wind's face.

"Senior brother, where are they? I can't see them!" Bai Ling asked, adding fuel to the fire.

Black Wind's lips twitched, but he forced himself to remain calm: "They are inside this formation. I will release them after you and I are married."

However, Bai Ling was not so easily fooled and said, "Let me see them first."

Black Wind: "..."

Seeing his speechless expression, Bai Ling immediately voiced her guess: "They must have escaped."

"What a joke! With their strength, how could they possibly break my Black Wind Formation?" Black Wind stubbornly retorted.

Bai Ling felt relieved and said with a half-smile, "They don't have that ability, but Daoji does."

You probably don't know this, but Chen Liang has a spell that can summon Daoji.

Black Wind: "..."

After a short while, he silently considered his words and said seriously, "Even if they get away this time, I will catch them again next time."

After all, they can't stay by Daoji's side forever, can they?

However, if my junior sister keeps her promise and marries me, I will completely let those two boys go.

Bai Ling waved her hand and said, "That won't do. The agreement was that you would let them both go, but you haven't fulfilled that premise. How can I keep my promise?"

At this point, she couldn't help but silently express her gratitude to the Holy Monk Daoji.

In such a critical moment, the other party was indeed a reliable savior!
"Master, where is this place?"

Under the cover of night, above the golden clouds, Chen Liang saw his master slowly descend from the clouds, then stared at the surrounding mounds of graves and asked a question.

"Isn't it obvious enough?" Qin Yao asked with a smile as he dispersed the golden clouds.

“I think what Chen Liang wants to ask is, what are we doing here in this cemetery?” Zhao Bin said from the side.

“Yes, yes, that’s exactly what I meant,” Chen Liang said with a smile.

Qin Yao led them to the old locust tree, and with a flick of his sleeve, forcibly opened an underground passage on the ground. Pointing to the dark passage, he said:

"I'm giving you two a task: bring all the children out of this demon tomb as soon as possible..." (End of Chapter)