Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 119: Treasure Stealing

As the sky brightened, the Sutra Hall of Lingyin Temple was opened.

Everyone was on high alert last night, and most of the monks stayed up all night. In the end, everything was calm and nothing happened.

Letting the monk who reported the incident go down to rest, Yuantong smiled bitterly and said, "There's no need to be so nervous. Bao Ren has already recovered his memory. Why did he come back? He doesn't have the strength to seek revenge on us. He can't even move such a big Sansheng Stone."

"Second brother, what you said makes sense. Shall we continue tonight?" Yuan Zhen said and looked at the eldest brother Yuan Jue.

"Hold on for a few more days. Although I know that Mr. Bao won't dare come again." Yuanjue had his own reasons: "But if we don't keep a tight guard and do a good job of rectifying this mess, the monks below will become completely lazy. Who knows how much of a joke it will cause in the future."

"What Senior Brother said makes sense." Yuan Zhen nodded again.

The three monks were talking when they suddenly felt a warning sign. They all looked up towards the courtyard and saw a white crane descending from the sky. It hit the restriction in mid-air and turned back into a piece of paper.

Yuan Zhen stretched out his hand, took the paper in his hand, unfolded it and saw that it was a letter.

Guan Zhi could not help but get furious, his face flushed and he cursed: "This damn Bao Ren is too crazy!"

The two brothers took the letter and read it. It read:

"Shameless bald donkey, you have used despicable means to destroy my sect and steal my magic weapon! I will take it back at midnight tonight, so don't sleep and wait and see!"

The signature below is "Bao Ren, the Old Taoist of Gushan".

The two brothers sneered after watching, Yuantong said with a smile: "What a big tone. Just relying on him as an old Taoist priest who has opened the six orifices, he wants to challenge the three of us alone?"

"He said he was coming to steal treasures tonight, but he didn't say he wanted to fight us." Yuanjue shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I think he probably won't fight with force, but will use tricks instead."

"What treasure do you want to steal? We have many Taoist magic weapons here. Which one is he referring to?" Yuan Zhen snorted contemptuously.

"First of all, we can rule out the Three Lives Stone..." Circular passage.

"Of course, no one can steal such a big thing. Even if he has the method to refine it, it will take three to five days to refine it." Yuan Zhen nodded.

"Yes." Yuanjue nodded in agreement and said, "The rest of the treasures are in the treasure house of Feilai Peak."

After a brief pause, Yuanjue decided, "Yuantong and I will go to Feilai Peak to guard it tonight to prevent any accidents."

He then said to Yuan Zhen, "You stay here to look after the house. No matter what happens outside, don't step out of San Sheng Hall."

"I understand!" Yuan Zhen nodded heavily.

~~
That day, the two eminent monks went to Feilai Peak for a thorough inspection, carefully arranged the defenses, and deployed most of the guarding monks to guard around the treasury.

Of course, the temple and the sutra translation hall had to be on high alert. Even the young monk Faxiu carried a Zen stick and followed his senior brother to patrol the sutra translation hall at night.

But Faxiu saw that the brothers were actually quite relaxed, because everyone thought that the demon was definitely going to Feilai Peak.

Even if he really came here, they wouldn't be able to stop him with the power of the demon...

"Fa Xiu, remember this. If that evil Taoist really comes, don't stop him. Otherwise, you will lose your life in vain, which will not be worth it." A friendly senior brother warned him.

"Oh, I'll remember that, senior brother." Faxiu responded while looking up at the height of the moon, thinking that it was almost time.

However, time passed little by little, and the night sky remained as peaceful as water...

~~
In the Feilai Peak treasure house.

The two monks took a look at the clock and saw that it was almost the Chou hour.

"Is that guy deliberately bluffing and trying to trick us?" Yuantong couldn't laugh anymore.

"I think it's 80% likely." Yuanjue's face was also very unhappy. "I should have known that the demon Taoist didn't have the courage."

Just as he was speaking, he heard a commotion at the foot of Feilai Peak, and someone shouted, "The fire is coming!"

The two monks walked to the door of the storehouse and looked down the mountain. They saw flames, swaying figures, and chaos.

Yuanjue said to the monk who came to report: "Tell the subordinates not to panic, just do their job and put out the fire. This is a trick of the demons to confuse the enemy, be careful not to be lured away!"

"Yes." The deacon monk clasped his hands together and hurried down the mountain to pass on the message. ~~
The translation institute.

Looking at the fire in the direction of Feilai Peak, the monks talked a lot.

"Oh, they've started to make a move over there."

"Look, what did I say? I definitely won't come here."

"Alas, the wind is quite strong tonight. I'm afraid this fire will be difficult to put out." The monks only felt a chill on their bald heads as a cold wind blew over their heads.

"Don't worry, the uncles and aunts all have magical powers... Hey, what happened to that gust of wind just now? How did it disappear just after it blew past?" The monks also felt that something was wrong.

"It seems to be heading towards Sanshengtang..."

Then the wind was seen blowing all the way to Sansheng Hall, and it turned back into human form when it hit the restriction.

There were two of them. One was an old Taoist holding a whisk, with an air of immortality, and the other was a young man wearing a yellow robe, with an expression of arrogance.

It was Bao Ren and Ren Yuan dressed as the little yellow dragon.

Bao Ren waved his whisk, and the tail turned into a white streak, which slammed into the restriction with a bang, opening a gap, and the two of them flashed into the yard.

~~
In front of Sansheng Hall.

When Yuan Zhen heard that someone had triggered the restriction, he immediately rushed out with a crescent shovel in his hand and saw Bao Ren breaking the restriction and entering.

"Hey, why are you here?" He was stunned at first, then he came to his senses and immediately used his true spirit to roar like a lion:

"Baoren is here!"

The sound waves rolled and spread across the sky.

Before he finished speaking, he had already raised his Zen stick and started fighting with Bao Ren!
~~
On Feilai Peak.

Upon hearing Yuanzhen's lion's roar, Yuanjue and Yuantong were both stunned.

"Bao Ren is not in Feilai Peak? Is this another attempt to lure the tiger away from the mountain?" Yuantong was confused.

"No, he is in Sansheng Hall!" Yuanjue glanced at the clepsydra. There were only a few drops of water left before the end of midnight. "What other Taoist magic weapons are there?"

"Oh no, his target is really the Three Lives Stone!" He thought for a moment, then patted his bald head and said, "You stay here, I'll go back to support Yuan Zhen!"

As he spoke, he turned into a ray of golden light and rushed towards San Sheng Hall.

~~
In the courtyard of Sansheng Hall.

Yuan Zhen and Bao Ren, one is a martial monk who has achieved the first fruit, with a strong body and invulnerable to all evil; the other is a Taoist priest who has opened the six orifices, with great magical power and many changes. For a while, the fight was so intense that the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and they were inseparable.

On this side, Ren Yuanze quietly slipped to the side of the Sansheng Stone.

When the three-headed Sansheng beast saw him, they all said in great joy, "Boy, you're here to guess riddles again?"

Ren Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm not here to use the Three Lives Stone today. I came up with a riddle for you to guess."

"Tell us quickly." Sansheng Beast said excitedly, "We love guessing riddles the most."

"Then listen carefully." Ren Yuan said, taking out a pillow, placing it on the ground, and asked, "What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?"

"Ah, what is that?" All three heads were stumped. "The shadow of the bench?"

"You guys take your time to guess, I'm going to take a nap first." Ren Yuan said as he lay on the pillow, holding the San Sheng Stone in one hand and slapping a sleeping talisman on his forehead with the other hand.

"Hey, who are you looking down on?!" The three heads encouraged each other indignantly: "Hurry up and guess it, wake him up..."

Before he could finish his words, he disappeared along with the San Sheng Stone and Ren Yuan.

(End of this chapter)